The Jews of Edirne : the end of Ottoman Europe and the arrival of borders / Jacob Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daniels, Jacob (Jacob Max), author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Turkey--Edirne--20th century.

Jews.

Sephardim--Turkey--Edirne--History--20th century.

Sephardim.

Borderlands--Turkey--History--20th century.

Borderlands.

Edirne (Turkey)--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Edirne (Turkey).

Turkey--History--Mehmed V, 1909-1918.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--1918-1960.

Physical Description:

xiv, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Edirne was a bustling center linking Istanbul to Ottoman Europe. It was also the capital of Edirne Province - among the most religiously diverse regions of the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, the city had become a Turkish border town, and the province had lost much of its non-Muslim population. With this book, Jacob Daniels explores how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders. Using Ladino, French, English, and Turkish sources, Daniels offers a new take on the ways in which ethno-religious minorities experienced the transition "from empire to nation-state." Rather than tracing a linear path, Edirne Jews zigzagged between the Ottoman Empire and three nation-states - without moving a mile. And by maintaining interstate Sephardi networks, they resisted pressure to treat the shifting border as a limit to their zone of belonging. Ultimately, proximity to the border would undo Edirne's Jewish community, but the way this ending came about - local Jews were rarely killed or deported - challenges common assumptions about state borders and Jewish history. By studying Jewish encounters with the nation-state alongside the emergence of modern borders, Daniels sheds light on both phenomena"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foundations of a borderland community : mobility, networks, and economic life

Liberty and limits : public spheres on the imperial border, 1908-1912

The eye of the storm : borderland violence and the Jews, 1912-1918

Days of blue and white : Hellenism and Zionism in northeastern Greece, 1919-1922

Peacetime violence : completing borderland intolerance, 1923-1934.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Daniels, Jacob (Jacob Max). Jews of Edirne.

ISBN:

9781503641983

1503641988

9781503642911

1503642917

OCLC:

1456755904