Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 347 p)
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520227190
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0520227204
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9780520935662
Series Statement:
Jewish communities in the modern world 3
Content:
In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. Their story, less dramatic perhaps than that of other Jewish communities, is no less deserving of this comprehensive and finely balanced analytical account.Even though Jews were never completely absent from B
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Resettlement (1656-1700); 2. Bankers and Brokers, Peddlers and Pickpockets (1700-1800); 3. Poverty to Prosperity (1800-1870); 4. Native Jews and Foreign Jews (1870-1914); 5. The Great War to the Holocaust (1914-1945); 6. The Fracturing of Anglo-Jewry (1945-2000); Conclusion; Notes; Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Terms; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520227200
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000
Language:
English
