Dreamland Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War

Name: Dreamland Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War
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ISBN: 9780375708299

ISBN-10: 0375708294

ISBN-13: 9780375708299

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Authors: Howard M. Sachar, Howard Morley Sachar

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By the end of World War I, in November 1918, Europe’s old authoritarian empires had fallen, and new and seemingly democratic governments were rising from the debris. As successor states found their place on the map, many hoped that a more liberal Europe would emerge. But this post-war idealism all too quickly collapsed under the political and economic pressures of the 1920s and '30s. Howard M. Sachar chronicles this visionary and tempestuous era by examining the fortunes of Europe’s Jewish minority, a group whose precarious status made them particularly sensitive to changes in the social order. Writing with characteristic lucidity and verve, Sachar spotlights an array of charismatic…

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List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.14" wide x 8.01" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.616

Howard M. Sachar is Professor Emeritus of History and International Affairs at George Washington University. He is the author of 16 books on European, Jewish, and Middle Eastern history.



Foreword



A Murder Trial in Paris



A Minority "Bill of Rights"



In Search of a Conglomerate Identity



Hostages of "Latin" Civilization



Bela Kun and the Legacy of Utopianism



The Professor and the Prophet



Notes from a Shattered Dream



The Age of the Assassins



Minerva's Owl at Weimar's Twilight



In Search of Lost Swanns


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Maps


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Jewish Population in Europe, 1933