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The generation : The rise and fall of the Jewish communists of Poland / Jaff Schatz.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schatz, Jaff, author.
Series:
Societies and culture in East-Central Europe ; Volume 5.
Society and Culture in East-Central Europe Series ; Volume 5
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Jews--Poland--Politics and government.
Jews.
Jewish communists--Poland--History.
Jewish communists.
Communism--Poland--History--20th century.
Communism.
Poland--Ethnic relations.
Poland.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (426 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1991]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991.
Contents:
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Generation and the Riddle of Radical Jews
2. The Framework
3. Conditions and Contingencies: The Path to the Communist Movement
4. Polish Communists and Their Movement
5. Jews and the Polish Communist Movement
6. In the Movement
7. On the Street: Among non-Jews and Jews
8. Prison and the Birth of the Generation
9. Confronting Dreams
10. The Winds of War
11 . The Soviet Experience
12. Coming Home
13. Careers and Visions
14. Holy Madness
15. The Thaw and After
16. The Defeat
17. Looking Back
Generations, Career, Jewish Identity: Conceptual Framework
The Problem of Generations
Some Further Considerations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9780520332119
0520332113
OCLC:
1153457817

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