| Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews Contributor(s): Lindemann, Albert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521593697 ISBN-13: 9780521593694 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: In clear, moving prose, ESAU'S TEARS explores the remarkable and revealing variety of modern anti-Semitism that began to rise in the 1870s in Europe and the United States. Historian Albert Lindemann discovered that anti-Semitism was stronger in some countries than in others. He speculates on this variance and the differing perceptions about the rise of the Jews in certain areas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 909.049 |
| LCCN: 97005882 |
| Physical Information: 1.65" H x 6.34" W x 9.48" (2.19 lbs) 598 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Esau's Tears explores the rise of modern racial-political anti-Semitism in Europe and the United States. Previous histories have been more concerned with description than analysis and most have lacked balance. The evidence presented in this volume suggests that anti-Semitism in these years was more ambiguous than usually presented, less pervasive and central to the lives of both Jews and non-Jews, and by no means clearly pointed to a rising hatred of Jews everywhere, even less to the likelihood of mass murder. Hatred of Jews was not as mysterious or incomprehensible as often presented, but may be related to the differing perceptions of the rise of the Jews in modern times. |