{"product_id":"the-jews-in-poland-isbn-9780631165828","title":"The Jews in Poland","description":"By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. This culture survived the decline and partition of the Polish state and in the 19th century became the seedbed for the intellectual movements that were to transform the Jewish world - zionism, secularism, socialism and neo-orthodoxy. With the development of mass emigration from the late 19th century onwards, the influence of Jews from the former Polish Republic was carried to Western Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australasia.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jews in Poland\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the relationship of the Jews to the other peoples with whom they lived - sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict - to offer a general outline of the most significant factors in the evolution of Jewish life in Poland from the beginnings of Jewish settlement to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e The beginnings of Jewish settlement in Polish lands Aleksander Gieysztor \u003cp\u003eMerchants and businessmen in Poznan and Cracow, 1588-1668 Daniel Tollet\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe privileges granted to Jewish communities of the Polish Commonwealth as a stablizing factor in Jewish support Jacob Golberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe implications of Jewish economic activities for Jewish-Christian relations in the Polish Commonwealth Gershon Hundert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA footnote to the history of the integration of converts into the ranks of the `szlachta' in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Andrzej Ciechanowiecki\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolish society and the Jewish problem in the nineteenth century Stefan Kieniewicz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolish-Jewish relations in the territories annexed by the Russian empire in the first half of the nineteenth century Daniel Beauvois\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJews in the Lublin region prior to the January uprising, 1861-1862 Ryszard Bende\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural anti-semitism in Galicia before World War I Frank Golczewski\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on the assimilation and acculturation of Jews in Poland, 1863-1943 Joseph Lichten\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterwar Poland: good for the Jews or bad for the Jews? Ezra Mendelsohn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelations between Polish and Jewish left wing groups in interwar Poland Jerzy Holzer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolish-Jewish relations in occupied Poland 1939-1945 Wladyslaw Bartoszewski\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Relief Council for the Jews in Poland, 1942-1945 Teresa Prekerowa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolish and Jewish historiography on the question of Polish-Jewish relations during World War II Yisrael Gutman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolish-Jewish relations 1944-1947 Michal Borwicz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Jewish issue in post-war Polish communist politics Lukasz Hirszowicz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChimen Abramsky\u003c\/b\u003e respectively former Goldsmith Professor of Jewish History, University of London.  By the end of the 17th century probably three quarters of world Jewry dwelt within the borders of the Polish republic, which became not only a haven from persecution but the centre of a flourishing Jewish culture. This culture survived the decline and partition of the Polish state and in the 19th century became the seedbed for the intellectual movements that were to transform the Jewish world - zionism, secularism, socialism and neo-orthodoxy. With the development of mass emigration from the late 19th century onwards, the influence of Jews from the former Polish Republic was carried to Western Europe, North and South America, South Africa and Australasia.  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Jews in Poland\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the relationship of the Jews to the other peoples with whom they lived - sometimes in harmony, sometimes in conflict - to offer a general outline of the most significant factors in the evolution of Jewish life in Poland from the beginnings of Jewish settlement to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990272000229,"sku":"NP9780631165828","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631165828.jpg?v=1761787149","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-jews-in-poland-isbn-9780631165828","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}