{"product_id":"jews-under-tsars-and-communists-the-four-questions-hardcover","title":"Jews Under Tsars and Communists: The Four Questions - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Weinberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEugene M. Avrutin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStephen M. Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracing the evolving nature of popular and official beliefs about the purported nature of the Jews from the 18th century onwards, \u003ci\u003eRussia and the Jewish Question \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how perceptions of Jews in late Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union shaped the regimes' policies toward them. In so doing Robert Weinberg provides a fruitful lens through which to investigate the social, economic, political, and cultural developments of modern Russia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere, Weinberg reveals that the 'Jewish Question' - and, by extension anti-Semitism - emerged at the end of the 18th century when the partitions of Poland made hundreds of thousands of Jews subjects of the Russian crown. He skillfully argues the phrase itself implies the singular nature of Jews as a group of people whose religion, culture, and occupational make-up prevent them from fitting into predominantly Christian societies. The book then expounds how other characteristics were associated with the group over time: in particular, debates about rights of citizenship, the impact of industrialization, the emergence of the nation-state, and the proliferation of new political ideologies and movements contributed to the changing nature of the 'Jewish Question'. Its content may have not remained static, but its purpose consistently questions whether or not Jews pose a threat to the stability and well-being of the societies in which they live and this, in a specifically Russian context, is what Weinberg examines so expertly.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Weinberg \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History and International Relations at Swarthmore College, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRitual Murder in Late Imperial Russia: The Trial of Mendel Beilis\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and the co-author, along with Laurie Bernstein, of \u003ci\u003eThe Russian Revolution: A History in Documents\u003c\/i\u003e(2010). He is also the co-editor, with Eugene Avrutin and Jonathan Dekel-Chen, of \u003ci\u003eWorlds of Ritual Murder: Culture, Politics, and Belief in Eastern Europe and Beyond \u003c\/i\u003e(2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291568324857,"sku":"9781350129160","price":109.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/dxGgI0uvLD9781350129160.webp?v=1769162846","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/jews-under-tsars-and-communists-the-four-questions-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}