by Jacob Katz (Author)
Eminent social historian Jacob Katz examines the rise and transformation of Jewish communal leadership in Central Europe. It is a story of fragmentation and polarization that sheds light on the tensions within the 19th-century Jewish community in Central Europe as it struggled to respond to the promises and perils of modernization.
Author Biography
PAUL R. KATZ is a research fellow at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.22 x 6.08 IN
Publication Date: January 10, 2005