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Author Olson, Jess

Title Nathan Birnbaum and Jewish modernity : architect of Zionism, Yiddishism, and orthodoxy / Jess Olson
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 390 pages)
Series Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Contents Discovering the nation -- New conflicts, new directions -- Rupture and renaissance -- The eastward gaze -- The origins of an orthodox ideologue -- At home in the fold -- The final ascent
Summary This volume explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum. Now remembered mainly for his coinage of the word 'Zionism', Birnbaum was a towering figure in early Jewish nationalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Birnbaum, Nathan, 1864-1937.
SUBJECT Birnbaum, Nathan, 1864-1937 fast
Subject Zionists -- Austria -- Biography
Yiddishists -- Austria -- Biography
Orthodox Judaism -- Europe -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
HISTORY -- Jewish.
Orthodox Judaism
Yiddishists
Zionists
Austria
Europe
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012020624
ISBN 9780804785006
0804785007
0804778736
9780804778732