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Book SynopsisExamines the Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the 'paradigm of liberal inclusiveness' as formulated by Alexis de Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. This book argues that the liberal paradigm worked for American Jews but that France's illiberal impulses hindered its Jewish population in acquiring full civic rights.
Trade Review"[A] well-written and well-argued explanation of the way in which the fate of Jews expressed itself in France and the United States. This is a work of unimpeachable and imaginative scholarship."--Jerusalem Report "This is a thoughtful, original, and systematic comparison of the civic integration of Jews in the United States and France from the period of the American and French revolutions through the beginnings of the American republic and the Napoleonic era... [A] signal contribution to American Jewish historiography and to American ethnic history in general."--Robert Rockaway, Journal of American History
Table of ContentsPREFACE ix PART I: Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1: The Prospect 3 CHAPTER 2: The Nation 33 PART II: The Account 57 CHAPTER 3: The French Experience I:The Revolution and Its Republic 59 CHAPTER 4: The French Experience II:Napoleon and the First Empire 103 CHAPTER 5: The American Experience 138 PART III: Conclusion 173 CHAPTER 6: The Argument 175 CHAPTER 7: The Outcome 220 NOTES 239 INDEX 285
