Russians, Jews, and the pogrom crisis of 1881-1882 /

"Anti-Jewish pogroms rocked the Russian Empire in 1881-2, plunging both the Jewish community and the imperial authorities into crisis. Focusing on a wide range of responses to the pogroms, this book offers the most balanced and comprehensive study of the crisis to date. It presents a nuanced ac...

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Main Author: Klier, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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  • Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: the Russian Empire and its Jews; 1. The pogroms of 1881-2; 2. What was a pogrom?; Part II: 3. Confronting the pogroms; 4. Russian society views the pogroms; 5. The crystallization of prejudice; 6. Prejudice into policy; 7. The pogroms as foreign policy crisis; Part III: 8. Jewish responses to the pogroms; 9. The Jewish press and the emigration crisis; 10. Politics without prophecy; 11. The pogroms as humanitarian crisis; Epilogue: legends of the pogroms