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Unwelcome Strangers : East European Jews in Imperial Germany.
Title:
Unwelcome Strangers : East European Jews in Imperial Germany.
Author:
Wertheimer, Jack.
ISBN:
9780198021575
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Series:
Studies in Jewish History
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction -- I: The German State -- 1 The Challenge of Jewish Mass Migration -- 2 Public Debates Over Eastern Jews -- 3 Administrative Solutions -- II: The East European Jews -- 4 Demographic Characteristics -- 5 Economic Pursuits -- 6 Organizational Activities -- III: The Jewish Community -- 7 In the Maelstrom of Communal Politics -- 8 Social and Cultural Tensions -- 9 The Posture of Organized German Jewry -- Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective -- Abbreviations -- Appendix: Statistical Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Unwelcome Strangers examines the status and self-perception of emancipated Jews in pre-Nazi Germany, their reception by the Germans, and the response of "privileged" Jews to needy, but alien, coreligionists.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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