Title The Berlin Jewish community : enlightenment, family, and crisis, 1770-1830 / Steven M. Lowenstein

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 300 pages) : illustrations, map Series Studies in Jewish history Studies in Jewish history. Contents Part I: Berlin Before Modernity; Part II: The Stage of "Peaceful Modernization"; Part III: The Crisis of Berlin Jewry; Part IV: The Social Analysis of the Crisis and Its Connection to the Enlightenment; Part V: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary The Berlin Jewish community was both the pioneer in intellectual modernization and the first to experience a crisis of modernity. This original and imaginative book connects intellectual and political transformation with the social structures and daily activities of the Jewish community. Steven M. Lowenstein has used extraordinarily rich documentation about the life of Berlin Jewry in the period and assembled a collective biography of the entire community of Berlin Jews. He has examined tax lists, subscription lists, genealogical records, and address lists as well as kosher meat accounts to gi Analysis Berlin (Germany) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index Notes Print version record Subject Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 18th century Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- History -- 19th century Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Germany -- Berlin Jews -- Emancipation -- Germany -- Berlin HISTORY. Ethnic relations Jews Jews -- Cultural assimilation Jews -- Emancipation Joden. SUBJECT Berlin (Germany) -- Ethnic relations Subject Germany -- Berlin Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 92039884 ISBN 0195083261 9780195083262 9780195359428 0195359429 9786610561100 6610561109

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