Modernity and the Jews in Western Social Thought
- ISBN-10
- 022646055X
- ISBN-13
- 9780226460550
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Chad Alan Goldberg
Description
The French tradition: 1789 and the Jews -- The German tradition: capitalism and the Jews -- The American tradition: the city and the Jews
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