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Author Nathans, Benjamin.

Title Beyond the pale : the Jewish encounter with late imperial Russia / Benjamin Nathans
Published Berkeley ; Los Angeles : University of California Press, 2002

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Description xvii, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Studies on the history of society and culture ; 45
Studies on the history of society and culture ; 45
Contents Introduction: The Russian-Jewish Encounter -- Pt. I. The Problem of Emancipation Under the Old Regime -- 1. Jews and the Imperial Social Hierarchy -- 2. The Genesis of Selective Integration -- Pt. II. The Jews of St. Petersburg -- 3. Language, Ethnicity, and Urban Space -- 4. Conflict and Community -- 5. The Geography of Jewish Politics -- Pt. III. Jews, Russians, and the Imperial University -- 6. The University as Melting Pot? -- 7. A Silent Pogrom -- Pt. IV. In the Court of Gentiles -- 8. The Judicial Reform and Jewish Citizenship -- 9. Ethnicity and Civil Society: The Russian Legal Profession -- Conclusion: The Russian-Jewish Encounter in Comparative Perspective
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index
Subject Jews -- Russia -- History -- 19th century.
Jews -- Russia -- Saint Petersburg -- History -- 20th century
Jews -- Russia -- Cultural assimilations
SUBJECT Russia -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116746
LC no. 2001003513
ISBN 0520208307 (Cloth : alk. paper)