The status of Russian Jewry has long been a subject of intense international interest. The collapse of the Soviet empire resulted in unprecedented access to historical records and has shed new light on the history of the Jewish people within Russia. Central to this history are the early years of the
Jewish Liberal Politics in Tsarist Russia, 1900β14: The Modernization of Russian Jewry
β Scribed by Christoph Gassenschmidt (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 261
- Series
- St Antonyβs/Macmillan Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
The Emergence of Jewish Liberals in Russia: from Acculturation to Revolution....Pages 1-18
The Revolution of 1905 and the Struggle for Legal Emancipation....Pages 19-44
The Road towards Self-Determination: New Elections, the Second State Duma and the Search for a New Approach....Pages 45-71
Jewish Liberal Politics from 1908 to 1911: Reorganization, Determination and the Beginning of β Organic Workβ....Pages 72-109
The βDark Yearsβ after Stolypin: Anti-Semitism, Co-operation and the Peak of βOrganic Workβ....Pages 110-135
Conclusion: The Russian-Jewish Liberals and their Position in European Jewish History....Pages 136-141
Back Matter....Pages 142-244
β¦ Subjects
Russian, Soviet, and East European History; European History; Jewish Cultural Studies; Human Rights; Modern History
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