{"product_id":"the-jewish-revolution-in-belorussia-9780253024510","title":"The Jewish Revolution in Belorussia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the whole, \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Revolution in Belorussia\u003c\/i\u003e, is an outstanding piece of sophisticated scholarship. Cogently argued and analytically astute, the book is a major contribution to our knowledge of the \"Jewish Question\" in the early years of the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Modern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about the promises and pitfalls of Soviet nationality policies and the ways in which the Soviet state managed its multi-ethnic empire. Drawing on a wealth of previously untapped archival materials from Belorussian archives, Sloin's excellent study nonetheless fills a major lacuna. It will stand alongside some of the best scholarship in Soviet Jewish history that has been published in recent years. \u003c\/p\u003e * Slavonic and East European Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all, Sloin's useful, well-written, and well-researched book significantly advances our understanding of Jewish life in 1920s Soviet Belorussia.\u003c\/p\u003e * Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSloin's book is a precious addition to our developing understanding of the particular experience of Jews in the BSSR.\u003c\/p\u003e * English Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSloin's book contributes to our understanding of the role Jewish Communists played within the Belarusian Communist Party in this period, as well as showing how communist ideology and policy from Moscow (not always the same thing) influenced Jewish identity in Belarus.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kritika *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSloin's book lays exceptionally fruitful ground for further rethinking of the conventional paradigms of Soviet Jewishness and the languages of early Soviet social identities in general.\u003c\/p\u003e * Soviet and Post-Soviet Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Transliteration and Translation\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I - Revolution\u003cbr\u003e1. Making Jews Bolshevik\u003cbr\u003ePart II – Capital and Labor\u003cbr\u003e2. Speculators, Swindlers, and Other Jews: Regulating Trade in Revolutionary White Russia\u003cbr\u003e3. Jewish Proletarians and Proletarian Jews: The Emancipation of Labor in NEP Society\u003cbr\u003ePart III – Political Culture and Nationality\u003cbr\u003e4. From Bolshevik \u003ci\u003eHaskole\u003c\/i\u003e to Cultural Revolution: Abram Beilin and the Jewish Revolution\u003cbr\u003e5. Bundism and the Nationalities Question\u003cbr\u003ePart IV – The Politics of Crisis\u003cbr\u003e6. The Politics of Crisis: Economy, Ethnicity, and Trotskyism\u003cbr\u003e7. Antisemitism and the Stalin Revolution\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Tables\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400562876759,"sku":"9780253024510","price":62.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253024510.jpg?v=1730470988","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jewish-revolution-in-belorussia-9780253024510","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}