Sites of European Antisemitism in the Age of Mass Politics, 1880-1918
This innovative collection of essays on the upsurge of antisemitism across Europe in the decades around 1900 shifts the focus away from intellectuals and well-known incidents to less-familiar events, actors, and locations, including smaller towns and villages. This "from below" perspective offers a new look at a much-studied phenomenon: essays link provincial violence and antisemitic politics with regional, state, and even transnational trends. Featuring a diverse array of geographies that include Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Romania, Italy, Greece, and the Russian Empire, the book demonstrates the complex interplay of many factors-economic, religious, political, and personal-that led people to attack their Jewish neighbors.
ROBERT NEMES is associate professor of history, Colgate University. DANIEL UNOWSKY is professor of history, University of Memphis.
Author: Robert Nemes
Format: Paperback, 328 pages, 152mm x 229mm
Published: 2014, Brandeis University Press, United States
Genre: Social Sciences: Textbooks & Study Guides
This innovative collection of essays on the upsurge of antisemitism across Europe in the decades around 1900 shifts the focus away from intellectuals and well-known incidents to less-familiar events, actors, and locations, including smaller towns and villages. This "from below" perspective offers a new look at a much-studied phenomenon: essays link provincial violence and antisemitic politics with regional, state, and even transnational trends. Featuring a diverse array of geographies that include Great Britain, France, Austria-Hungary, Romania, Italy, Greece, and the Russian Empire, the book demonstrates the complex interplay of many factors-economic, religious, political, and personal-that led people to attack their Jewish neighbors.
ROBERT NEMES is associate professor of history, Colgate University. DANIEL UNOWSKY is professor of history, University of Memphis.