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The Berlin Jewish community : enlightenment, family, and crisis, 1770-1830 / Steven M. Lowenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lowenstein, Steven M., 1945- author.
- Series:
- Studies in Jewish history.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Studies in Jewish history
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Germany--Berlin--History--18th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Germany--Berlin--History--19th century.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--Germany--Berlin.
- Jews--Emancipation--Germany--Berlin.
- Berlin (Germany)--Ethnic relations.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study investigates the relationship between the forces of Jewish modernization and the forces of assimilation and dissolution in the first major Jewish community to undergo the process. It presents a biography of the entire Jewish population of Berlin at the turn of the 19th century.
- Contents:
- Contents; Part I: Berlin Before Modernity; Part II: The Stage of ""Peaceful Modernization""; Part III: The Crisis of Berlin Jewry; Part IV: The Social Analysis of the Crisis and Its Connection to the Enlightenment; Part V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771170-7
- 1-280-56110-6
- 0-19-535942-9
- OCLC:
- 183192210
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb01791 hdl
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