The Anti-Semitic Moment: A Tour of France in 1898 Contributor(s): Birnbaum, Pierre (Author), Todd, Jane Marie (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226052060 ISBN-13: 9780226052069 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France - History | Jewish - General - Religion | Judaism - History |
Dewey: 305.892 |
LCCN: 2010041423 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.19 lbs) 400 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial villages throughout the country, angry crowds paraded through the streets, threatening to attack Jews and destroy Jewish-owned businesses. Anger about the imagined power of Jewish capital, as well as fears of treason and racial degeneration, made anti-Semitism a convenient banner behind which social and political factions could fall in line. Anti-Semitic feelings that had been simmering in France for decades came boiling to the surface. Here Pierre Birnbaum guides readers on a tour of France during this crisis. He shows that in the midst of violence, Jewish citizens bravely and effectively defended themselves and were aided by a police force determined to maintain order. Birnbaum paints a vivid portrait of French Jewish culture at the time and explains why the French state remained strong in this time of widespread unrest. |
Contributor Bio(s): Todd, Jane Marie: - Jane Marie Todd has translated some seventy books, including Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, also published by the University of Chicago Press. |