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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Auteurs principaux:Slëzkin, Jurij Lʹvovič (Auteur)
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Langue:English
Publié:Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press, 2004
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