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Book SynopsisAntisemitism: A History offers a readable overview of a daunting topic, describing and analyzing the hatred that Jews have faced from ancient times to the present. The essays contained in this volume provide an ideal introduction to the history and nature of antisemitism, stressing readability, balance, and thematic coherence, while trying to gain some distance from the polemics and apologetics that so often cloud the subject. Chapters have been written by leading scholars in the field and take into account the most important new developments in their areas of expertise. Collectively, the chapters cover the whole history of antisemitism, from the ancient Mediterranean and the pre-Christian era, through the Medieval and Early Modern periods, to the Enlightenment and beyond. The later chapters focus on the history of antisemitism by region, looking at France, the English-speaking world, Russia and the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Nazi Germany, with contributions too on the phenomeno
Trade Reviewwritten with remarkable objectivity and clarity. * Bruce F. Pauley, English Historical Review *
Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. The Jewish Question ; 2. The Ancient Mediterranean and the Pre-Christian Era ; 3. Jews and Christians from the Time of Christ to Constantine's Reign ; 4. The Middle Ages ; 5. Antisemitism in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods ; 6. Antisemitism in the Age of Mercantilism ; 7. The Enlightenment, French Revolution, Napoleon ; 8. Political Antisemitism in Germany and Austria, 1848-1914 ; 9. Antisemitism in Modern France: Dreyfus, Vichy, and Beyond ; 10. Antisemitism in the English-Speaking World ; 11. Antisemitism in Russia and the Soviet Union ; 12. Antisemitism in the Nazi Era ; 13. Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in the Arab and Islamic World Prior to 1948 ; 14. Antisemitism in Eastern Europe (excluding Russia and the Soviet Empire) since 1848 ; 15. Israel and Antisemitism ; Conclusion: Not the Final Word
