The emancipation of the Jews in Poland, 1780-1870

Author(s)

• Eisenbach, Artur

Bibliographic Information

The emancipation of the Jews in Poland, 1780-1870

Artur Eisenbach ; edited by Antony Polonsky ; translated by Janina Dorosz

（Jewish society and culture）

B. Blackwell in association with the Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, 1991

Other Title

Emancypacja Żydów na ziemiach polskich 1785-1870 na tle europejskim

Note

Translation of: Emancypacja Żydów na ziemiach polskich 1785-1870

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The legal emancipation of the Jews in most European countries was one of the most significant achievements of 19th century liberalism. The establishment of formal legal equality for the Jews was intended to heal deep divisions between the Jewish and Christian worlds, transforming the Jews from a national religious community - linked by a common culture, a common religion and a set of shared rules governing all aspects of life - into citizens of their respective countries of residence. Emancipation (and the assimilation and acculturation which would follow) would, according to the confident optimism of the liberal idealogues and their Jewish supporters, transform Jews into Englishmen and Frenchmen of the Hebrew faith. The explanation of how and why a proto-nation of Jews developed in Poland is central to modern Jewish history. In this work, set against the backdrop of 19th-century Europe and the Polish struggles for independence, Artur Eisenbach provides a comprehensive account of a fascinating chapter in the development of modern Europe.

Table of Contents

• Research principles
• at the close of the Noblemen's Republic
• the Napoleonic upheavals
• the period of restoration and reaction
• the process of admitting Jews to citizenship
• the fields of social integration
• controversies over the main aspects of Jewish emancipation
• revolutionary movements, 1845-1848
• reaction and the ensuing thaw
• a new phase of the struggle for emancipation
• the final stage of legal emancipation
• concluding reflections.

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Details

• NCID: BA13505251
• ISBN:
  • 0631178023
• LCCN: 91017529
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: pol
• Place of Publication: Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA
• Pages/Volumes: l, 632 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS135.P6
  • DC20 : 943.8/004924
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Jews -- Poland -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Jews -- Poland -- Emancipation
  • LCSH : Poland -- Ethnic relations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13505386