A People Apart The Jews in Europe, 1789-1939 |
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| Author:
| Vital, David |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-821980-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 1999 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $140.86AUD $208.00 |
Book Description:
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The twentieth century has seen both the greatest triumph of Jewish history and its greatest tragedy: the birth of the nation of Israel, and the state-sponsored genocide of the Holocaust. A People Apart is the first study to examine the role played by the Jews themselves, across the whole of Europe, during the century and a half leading up to these events. Controversially, Professor Vital concludes that the history of the Jewish people was indeed in crucial respects - although certainly...
More DescriptionThe twentieth century has seen both the greatest triumph of Jewish history and its greatest tragedy: the birth of the nation of Israel, and the state-sponsored genocide of the Holocaust. A People Apart is the first study to examine the role played by the Jews themselves, across the whole of Europe, during the century and a half leading up to these events. Controversially, Professor Vital concludes that the history of the Jewish people was indeed in crucial respects - although certainly not all - of their own making; at times by their own autonomous action and choice; at others by inaction and default.