{"product_id":"the-jews-of-eastern-europe-17721881-9780812219074","title":"The Jews of Eastern Europe 17721881","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative.\"-David Engel, New York University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book represents a remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative. He offers readers basic information about the staple features of the East European Jewish story-including the Hasidic and haskalah movements, the struggle for emancipation in two empires, the shtetl, population growth, urbanization, emigration, the crystallization of orthodox Judaism, and the rise of Jewish nationalism-while at the same time challenging us to think about the significance of those features in unconventional ways.\" * David Engel, New York University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartal synthesizes a crucial period and revises the traditional understanding of key events. In fact, he alters in a substantial way the 'master narrative' of modern Jewish history.\" * Gershon Hundert, McGill University *\u003cbr\u003e\"Bartal offers basic material about East European life. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881\u003c\/i\u003e is recommended for all Judaica libraries and libraries housing works on Jewish history.\" * AJL \u003ci\u003eNewsletter\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Jews of the Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Partitions of Poland: The End of the Old Order, 1772-1795\u003cbr\u003e 3. Towns and Cities: Society and Economy, 1795-1863\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hasidim, Mitnagdim, and Maskilim\u003cbr\u003e 5. Russia and the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 6. Austria and the Jews of Galicia, 1772-1848\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"Brotherhood\" and Disillusionment: Jews and Poles in the Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e 8. \"My Heart Is in the West\": The Haskalah Movement in Eastern Europe\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"The Days of Springtime\": Czar Alexander II and the Era of Reform\u003cbr\u003e 10. Between Two Extremes: Radicalism and Orthodoxy\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Conservative Alliance: Galicia under Emperor Franz Josef\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Jew Is Coming! Anti-Semitism from Right and from Left\u003cbr\u003e 13. \"Storms in the South,\" 1881-1882\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Jews as an Ethnic Minority in Eastern Europe\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405694902615,"sku":"9780812219074","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812219074.jpg?v=1730493305","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jews-of-eastern-europe-17721881-9780812219074","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}