Russians, Jews, and the pogroms of 1881-1882
"Anti-Jewish pogroms rocked the Russian Empire in 1881-2, plunging both the Jewish community and the imperial authorities into crisis. Focusing on a wide range of responses to the pogroms, this book offers the most balanced and comprehensive study of the crisis to date. It presents a nuanced ac...
| Main Author: | Klier, John. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Physical Description: |
xxiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Introduction: the Russian Empire and its Jews
- 1. The pogroms of 1881-2
- 2. What was a pogrom?
- Part II: 3. Confronting the pogroms
- 4. Russian society views the pogroms
- 5. The crystallization of prejudice
- 6. Prejudice into policy
- 7. The pogroms as foreign policy crisis
- Part III: 8. Jewish responses to the pogroms
- 9. The Jewish press and the emigration crisis
- 10. Politics without prophecy
- 11. The pogroms as humanitarian crisis
- Epilogue: legends of the pogroms.