商品簡介
Until World War II, eastern Europe was the Jewish population and cultural core. In this first of a three-volume set, Polonsky (Holocaust studies, Brandeis U., United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) begins this major survey with an overview of Jewish religious, socio-political, and economic life and their autonomous institutions and relations with Christians in Poland and Lithuania from the mid-14th to the 18th century. The second part focuses on attempts to "reform"/assimilate the Jews in pre- and post-Kingdom of Poland and Tsarist Russia, and opposing Jewish responses: e.g., followers of the Haskalah, the Jewish Enlightenment, vs. the Hasidim. The volume includes period maps, demographic tables, a glossary of multilingual terms, and extensive bibliography. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Anthony Polonsky is Albert Abramson Professor of Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Brandeis University.
