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In the Light of Vienna: Jews in Lviv - between Tradition and Modernisation (1867-1914)
Contributor(s): Aleksandrowicz-Pędich, Lucyna (Other), Sroka, Lukasz (Author)
ISBN: 3631746040     ISBN-13: 9783631746042
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
OUR PRICE:   $79.10  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2018
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Austria & Hungary
- History | Eastern Europe - General
- History | Modern - 18th Century
Dewey: 305.892
LCCN: 2018035279
Series: Studies in Jewish History and Memory
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 8.3" (1.54 lbs) 436 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Eastern Europe
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Central Europe
 
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The book constitutes an innovative study devoted to modernisation processes among Lviv Jews during the period of Galicia's autonomy (1867-1914). It takes into account Vienna's influence on various areas of life. The author reconstructs a triad which is quite surprising: Vienna was at its top, Lviv below, and the Galician province figured at the bottom. Key processes and events are presented, including the success and failure of assimilation, the shaping of modern Jewish elites, political and religious conflicts, the birth of Zionism, economic and political migration, and the influence of Jews on the creation of modern Lviv. The book draws on numerous and often untapped sources from Polish, Ukrainian and Austrian archives.