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Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815
Ronald Schechter
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Hardback. Presents a study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France - both by Gentiles and Jews themselves. This work offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 339 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 302 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698.
Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France - both by Gentiles and Jews themselves - Ronald Schechter offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, "Obstinate ... Read more
Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France - both by Gentiles and Jews themselves - Ronald Schechter offers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, "Obstinate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
Series
Studies on the History of Society & Culture
Number of Pages
339
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520235571
SKU
V9780520235571
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About Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter is Associate Professor in the Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History, The College of William and Mary. He is editor of The French Revolution: The Essential Readings (2001).
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