A unique reference source, the Atlas of Modern Jewish {istory covers Jewish history, geographic distribution, politics, and demography from the 17th century to the 1980s. The contributors, all distinguished specialists in Jewish history, focus particularly on Jewish populations in urban areas, making available for the first time maps and other data on Jewish communities in Moslem countries, India, China, Lithuania, and 18th-century Poland. In addition, the Atlas contains a wealth of other maps, tables, graphics, text, and special thematic maps that illustrate the development of anti-semitism, Jewish language and religious movements, Zionism, and the holocaust. Comprehensive, authoritative, and completely up-to-date, the Atlas of Modern Jewish History is a one-of-a-kind reference book and will prove invaluable to a wide range of specialists, students, and general readers.
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This remarkable reference work uses sophisticated maps, charts, graphs, and illustrations to portray the major historical, geographic, and demographic changes in modern Jewish history from the 17th century to the mid-1980s. Corrected and revised from the Hebrew edition (Carta, 1983), the volume has no peer in the English language, greatly surpassing Martin Gilbert's Jewish History Atlas (Macmillan, 1969. o.p.). Friesel's chapter on Jews in Muslim countries is particularly welcome, and readers will also appreciate the detailed maps of Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, so difficult to locate in most atlases. Less welcome are a few needlessly complex charts, the failure to cite sources for the statistics used, and a slight Israeli tendenz evident, for example, in the emphasis on intermarriage and the lack of attention paid to diaspora Jewish philanthropy. For most libraries.
- Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass .
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis Univ., Waltham, Mass .
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew
Original Language: Hebrew
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