{"product_id":"the-jews-and-the-nation-9780691096490","title":"The Jews and the Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE 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","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403723317591,"sku":"9780691096490","price":67.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jews-and-the-nation-9780691096490","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}