Barricades and banners : the Revolution of 1905 and the transformation of Warsaw jewry / Scott Ury.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ury, Scott.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford studies in jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Poland--Warsaw.

Jews.

Russia--History--Revolution, 1905-1907.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the intersection of urban society and modern politics among Jews in turn of the century Warsaw, Europe's largest Jewish center at the time. By focusing on the tumultuous events surrounding the Revolution of 1905, Barricades and Banners argues that the metropolitanization of Jewish life led to a need for new forms of community and belonging, and that the ensuing search for collective and individual order gave birth to the new institutions, organizations, and practices that would define modern Jewish society and politics for the remainder of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps, Figures, and Tables

Naming, Dating, Placing, and Other Methodological Dilemmas

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Between Past and Present

One. Warsaw before 1905

Two. Urbanization, Community, and the Crisis of Modernity

Three. Revolution, Jews, and the Streets of Warsaw

Four. The Rise of the Jewish Public Sphere

Five. From Public Sphere to Public Will

Six. Democracy and Its Discontents

Conclusion. Politics, Order, and the Dialectics of Jewish Modernity

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781046

0804781044

OCLC:

794328931