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PublisherLittmann Library of Jewish Civilization, T.H.E.

ISBN-101874774404

ISBN-139781874774402

eBay Product ID (ePID)1049288

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Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NamePolin : Jews, Poles and Ukrainians 1772-1918

Publication Year1999

SubjectEurope / Eastern, Judaism / History, Jewish Studies, Jewish

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, Social Science, History

AuthorAntony Polonsky

SeriesPolin: Studies in Polish Jewry Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Series Volume Number12

Volume NumberVol. 12

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentNote on Names and Place-Names Table of Major Place-Names Note on Transliteration Part I Focusing on Galicia: Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians in Galicia, 1772-1918 Introduction: The Jews of Galicia under the Habsburgs - ISRAEL BARTAL and ANTONY POLONSKY Dimensions of a Triangle: Polish-Ukrainian-Jewish Relations in Austrian Galicia - JOHN-PAUL HIMKA Austrian First Impressions of Ethnic Relations in Galicia: The Case of Governor Anton von Pergen - FRANZ A. J. SZABO The Jewish Question in Galicia: The Reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II, 1772-1790 - STANISLAW GRODZISKI Ludwig Gumplowicz's Programme for the Improvement of the Jewish Situation - HANNA KOZINSKA-WITT Enlightenment, Assimilation, and Modern Identity: The Jewish Elite in Galicia - JERZY HOLZER The Consequences of Galician Autonomy after 1867 - JOZEF BUSZKO Politics, Religion, and National Identity: The Galician Jewish Vote in the 1873 Parliamentary Elections - RACHEL MANEKIN From Austeria to the Manor: Jewish Landowners in Autonomous Galicia - TOMASZ GASOWSKI A Ukrainian Answer to the Galician Ethnic Triangle: The Case of Ivan Franko - YAROSLAV HRYTSAK Galician Jewish Migration to Vienna - KLAUS HA-DL Yiddish as an Expression of Jewish Cultural Identity in Galicia and Vienna - GABRIELE KOHLBAUER-FRITZ Part II New Views Benard Singer, the Forgotten 'Most Popular Jewish Reporter of the Inter-War Years in Poland' - JANINA KATARZYNA ROGOZIK Johann Anton Krieger, Printer of Jewish Books in Nowy Dwor - EMANUEL RINGELBLUM The Alphabetical List of Payers of the Communal Tax in Warsaw for 1912 - JOANNA HENSEL-LIWSZICOWA 'The City of Illiterates'? Levels of Literacy among Poles and Jews in Warsaw, 1882-1914 - STEPHEN D. CORRSIN Poles, Jews, and Russians, 1863-1914: The Death of the Ideal of Assimilation in the Kingdom of Poland - THEODORE R. WEEKS Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz, 1872-1905: A Polish Socialist for Jewish Nationality - TIMOTHY SNYDER The Endecja and the Jewish Question - ROMAN WAPINSKI The Return of the Troublesome Bird: Jerzy Kosinski and Polish-Jewish Relations - MONIKA ADAMCZYK-GARBOWSKA Part III Reviews REVIEW ESSAYS The Historical Besht: Reconstruction of Deconstruction? - IMMANUEL ETKES Four Days in Atlantis: Jozef Lewandowski's Complex Vision of the Polish Jewish Past - JANUSZ KOREK On the Bowdlerization of a Holocaust Testimony: The Wartime Journal of Calek Perechodnik - DAVID ENGEL Judaica in Slovakia - ADAM BARTOSZ BOOK REVIEWS OBITUARY Note on Contributors Glossary Index

SynopsisFrom 1772-1918 Jews were concentratede more densely in Galicia than in any other area in Europe. Bartal (modern jewish history, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Polonsky (Judaic and social studies, Brandeis University) are joined by a number of other scholars of Judaism to explore the Jewish community in Galicia and its relationship with the Poles, Ukranians, and other ethnic groups. Essays include discuss of the consequences of Galician autonomy; Galician Jewish migration to Vienna; the reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II in the 18th centyry, the assimilation of the Jewish elite; and levels of literacy among Poles and jews., From 1772-1918 Jews were concentrated more densely in Galicia than in any other area in Europe. Bartal (modern Jewish history, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Polonsky (Judaic and social studies, Brandeis University) are joined by a number of other scholars of Judaism to explore the Jewish community in Galicia and its relationship with the Poles, Ukranians, and other ethnic groups. Essays include discuss of the consequences of Galician autonomy; Galician Jewish migration to Vienna; the reforms of Maria Theresa and Joseph II in the 18th century, the assimilation of the Jewish elite; and levels of literacy among Poles and Jews.