ISBN10: 0472065920, ISBN13: 9780472065929, [publisher: The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor] Softcover Paperback. Having unfolded in the diverse communities of the diaspora, Jewish experience lends itself almost effortlessly to comparative treatment. The contributors to this volume take up the challenge, examining Jewish societies from medieval to modern times, in Western and Eastern Europe, North and South America, North Africa, India, China, and the Middle East. The essays use the methodological strategies and theoretical insights of history, sociology, anthropology, and political science to explore such topics as Jewish and African nationalism; Arab and Jewish railway workers in British-ruled Palestine; East European Jewish immigrants in New York, London, and Paris; ritual murder trials in fin-de-siecle Central Europe; and Catholic and Jewish enlightenment movements. Further, because of their comparative structure and method, these essays stimulate fresh questions about the larger societies in which Jews lived--their values, practices, and structures. Comparing Jewish Societies will appeal to students and scholars at all levels who wish to break out of old frameworks to observe the Jews and their religion with a new, methodologically sophisticated eye. Todd M. Endelman is William Haber Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Michigan. Introduces a rigorous comparative dimension to the study of Jewish civilization and culture Shipping may be from ...
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University of Michigan Press. VERY GOOD. Textblock appears clean. Binding sound. Covers bright. Slight bump to top corner.. 1997. Trade paperback. 369pp. Index. University of Michigan Press ISBN 0472065920 9780472065929 [US]

University of Michigan Press, Date: 1997-09-29. Paperback. Very Good. 96x17x144. 2000. Glossy paper covers; minimal wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 369 pages. 1997. University of Michigan Press ISBN 0472065920 9780472065929 [US]