Professor John M Efron's Books

Defenders of the Race

Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de-siècle Europe

By: John M. Efron,Professor John M Efron

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Defenders of the Race

Jewish Doctors and Race Science in Fin-de-siècle Europe

By: John M. Efron,Professor John M Efron

This text describes the response of Jewish race scientists in the late 1800s to the question of whether there was a biological basis for Jewish distinctiveness and social development and the complex factors involved in the debate.

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286

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Yale University Press

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0300054408

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9780300054408

The Great Nation in Decline

Sex, Modernity and Health Crises in Revolutionary France c.1750–1850

By: Professor Sean M Quinlan

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The Great Nation in Decline

Sex, Modernity and Health Crises in Revolutionary France c.1750–1850

By: Professor Sean M Quinlan

This book studies how doctors responded to – and helped shape – deep-seated fears about nervous degeneracy and population decline in France between 1750 and 1850. It uncovers a rich and far-ranging medical debate in which four generations of hygiene activists used biomedical science to transform the self, sexuality and community in order to regenerate a sick and decaying nation; a programme doctors labelled 'physical and moral hygiene'. Moreover, it is shown how doctors imparted biomedical ideas and language that allowed lay people to make sense of often bewildering socio-political changes, thereby giving them a sense of agency and control over these events. Combining a chronological and thematic approach, the six chapters in this book trace how doctors began their medical crusade during the middle of the Enlightenment, how this activism flowered during the French Revolution, and how they then revised their views during the period of post-revolutionary reaction. The study concludes by arguing that medicine acquired an unprecedented political, social and cultural position in French society, with doctors becoming the primary spokesmen for bourgeois values, and thus helped to define the new world that emerged from the post-revolutionary period.

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292

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409479943

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9781409479949

Ghost People

Race, Religion, and the Affective Sources of Jewish Identity

By: Paul E Nahme,Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies Paul E Nahme

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Ghost People

Race, Religion, and the Affective Sources of Jewish Identity

By: Paul E Nahme,Associate Professor of Judaic Studies and Religious Studies Paul E Nahme

What does race feel like? What does race make people feel? Ghost People traces the haunting feelings that constitute race as a structural, social, and psychic experience in modern European history by focusing on the case of Jewish racialization. From Enlightenment constructions of rational humanism, to nineteenth-century colonialism, antisemitism and the racialization of Jews in Europe, to the construction of Judaism as a religion and the disavowal of racial categories in liberal secularism, Nahme asks after the enduring problem of race for Jewish identity, and for how Jews have remained haunted by the specter of race in the modern world.

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273

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Oxford University Press

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0197691838

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9780197691830

A Nation of Refugees

Russia's Jews in World War I

By: Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies Polly Zavadivker,Polly Zavadivker

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A Nation of Refugees

Russia's Jews in World War I

By: Assistant Professor of History and Jewish Studies Polly Zavadivker,Polly Zavadivker

Though the Holocaust has been documented in depth, historians and the public know very little about the experience of Eastern European Jews during the preceding world war. A Nation of Refugees tells the story of how ordinary Jewish people in the Russian Empire survived World War I as refugees and civilians. It focuses on the resilience and organized campaigns of humanitarian war relief that countered violence and victimization. Above all, it captures the voices and experiences of refugees at a time of upheaval and war through first-hand accounts.

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Oxford University Press

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0197629350

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9780197629352

The Jewish Cultural Tapestry : International Jewish Folk Traditions

International Jewish Folk Traditions

By: Steven M. Lowenstein Isadore Levine Professor of Jewish History University of Judaism

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The Jewish Cultural Tapestry : International Jewish Folk Traditions

International Jewish Folk Traditions

By: Steven M. Lowenstein Isadore Levine Professor of Jewish History University of Judaism

Here, in one compact volume, is an illuminating survey of Jewish folkways on five continents. Filled with fascinating facts and keen insights, The Jewish Cultural Tapestry is a richly woven fabric that vividly captures the diversity of Jewish life. All Jews are bound together by the common thread of the Torah and the Talmud, notes author Steven Lowenstein, but this thread takes on a different coloration in different parts of the world, as Jewish tradition and local non-Jewish customs intertwine. Lowenstein describes these widely varying regional Jewish cultures with needlepoint accuracy, highlighting the often surprising similarities between Jewish and non-Jewish local traditions, and revealing why Jewish customs vary as much as they do from region to region. We visit the great Ashkenazic and Sephardic cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean; the unique Jewish cultures of Iraq, Persia, Ethiopia and Yemen; the little-known cultures of the Bukharian Jews of Central Asia, the Cochin Jews of India, and the Kaifeng Jews of China. We read about regional religious practices, wedding ceremonies and marriage customs; different traditions of Jewish music and Jewish dress; and the origins of Jewish names. Lowenstein also surveys Jewish cuisine around the world, offering easy-to-prepare traditional recipes, ranging from kugel and blintzes to Malawach from Yemen, T'beet from Iraq, Mina de Cordero from Turkey, and Passover Soup from Uzbekistan. From Europe to India, Israel to America, The Jewish Cultural Tapestry offers an engaging overview of the customs and folkways of a people united by tradition, yet scattered to the far corners of the earth. Packaged in an attractive large format, this beautifully illustrated volume would be a meaningful gift for the holidays.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195313607

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Book's by Professor John M Efron

Defenders of the Race

Defenders of the Race

The Great Nation in Decline

The Great Nation in Decline

Ghost People

Ghost People

A Nation of Refugees

A Nation of Refugees

The Jewish Cultural Tapestry : International Jewish Folk Traditions

The Jewish Cultural Tapestry : International Jewish Folk Traditions

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