The Jewish century / Yuri Slezkine
The author claims that not only have Jews adapted better than many other groups to living in the modern world, they have become the premiere symbol and standard of modern life everywhere. The Jews traditionally belonged to a social category known as "service nomads," an outsider group spec...
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| Main Authors: | Slëzkin, Jurij Lʹvovič (Author) |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2004 |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Verlagsangaben Autorenbiografie Book review (H-Net) Rezension Table of contents |
| Table of Contents |
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| Mercury's sandals : the Jews and other nomads |
| Swann's nose : the Jews and other moderns |
| Babel's first love : the Jews and the Russian Revolution |
| Hodl's choice : the Jews and three promised lands. |
