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A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
A Jewish Agent In Eighteenth-Century Paris: Israël Bernard De Valabrègue, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
No abstract provided.
Mendoza The Jew: Boxing, Manliness And Nationalism, Ronald Schechter, Liz Clarke
Mendoza The Jew: Boxing, Manliness And Nationalism, Ronald Schechter, Liz Clarke
Ronald Schechter
Inspired by the resounding success of Abina and the Important Men (OUP, 2011), Mendoza the Jewcombines a graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza. Mendoza was a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789. As a Jew with limited means and a foreign-sounding name, Mendoza was an unlikely symbol of what many Britons considered to be their very own "national" sport. Whereas their adversaries across the Channel reputedly settled private quarrels by dueling …
Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
Crossing Boundaries: The Significance Of French Jewish History, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
No abstract provided.
Competing Proposals For The Regeneration Of The Jews, Ronald Schechter
Competing Proposals For The Regeneration Of The Jews, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
No abstract provided.
Terror, Vengeance And Martyrdom In The French Revolution: The Case Of The Shades, Ronald Schechter
Terror, Vengeance And Martyrdom In The French Revolution: The Case Of The Shades, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
In recent years, terrorism has become closely associated with martyrdom in the minds of many terrorists and in the view of nations around the world. In Islam, martyrdom is mostly conceived as "bearing witness" to faith and God. Martyrdom is also central to the Christian tradition, not only in the form of Christ's Passion or saints faced with persecution and death, but in the duty to lead a good and charitable life. In both religions, the association of religious martyrdom with political terror has a long and difficult history. The essays of this volume illuminate this history--following, for example, Christian …
The French Revolution: The Essential Readings, Ronald Schechter
The French Revolution: The Essential Readings, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers.
Historians typically categorize the historiography of the French Revolution according to each author's approval or disapproval of the Revolution, political agenda (for example Marxist, liberal, conservative, or feminist), or methodology (for example social, political, or cultural history). This book demonstrates the inadequacy of these categories of analysis for a nuanced understanding of the Revolution and emphasizes the surprising connections between historians typically seen simply as opponents in a debate. In its thorough introduction, The French …
Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
Gothic Thermidor: The Bals Des Victimes, The Fantastic, And The Production Of Historical Knowledge In Post-Terror France, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
No abstract provided.
The Trial Of Jacob Benjamin, Supplier To The French Army, 1792–93, Ronald Schechter
The Trial Of Jacob Benjamin, Supplier To The French Army, 1792–93, Ronald Schechter
Ronald Schechter
No abstract provided.