The Life and Work of S. M. Dubnov: Diaspora Nationalism and Jewish History

. . . a welcome and unusual glimpse of the private side of one of East European Jewry's most influential public figures. --American Historical Review

. . . an absorbing introduction to one of the truly original thinkers in modern Jewish history. --Heritage Southwest Jewish Press

For a complete picture of the Polish/Russian world of the twentieth century, this book should be required reading. --AJL Newsletter

This is a memoir and biography by an extraordinary woman about her father, a pioneer in the field of Jewish history as well as a leading political activist among East European Jews during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book chronicles Dubnov's personal, professional, and ideological development during a period of intense change for the Jews of the Russian Empire, from the Haskalah to the first years of World War II.

Author: Sophie Dubnov-Erlich
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01/22/1991
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.49lbs
Size: 9.60h x 6.52w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780253318367