Borders and Boundaries in and around Dutch Jewish History /

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The widespread and long-held preconception that all Jews lived in ghettos andwere relentlessly subject to discriminationprior to the Enlightenment has only slowlyeroded. Geographically speaking, Jewsrarely lived in ghettos and have never beenconfi ned within the borders of one nationor country. Powe...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Frishman, Judith
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Aksant, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jews > Identity.
Jews.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > Social History.
HISTORY > Reference.
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > Civilization.
Juifs > Identite > Congres.
Juifs > Congres.
Jews > Identity > Congresses.
Jews > Congresses.
Actes de congres.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Congress
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The widespread and long-held preconception that all Jews lived in ghettos andwere relentlessly subject to discriminationprior to the Enlightenment has only slowlyeroded. Geographically speaking, Jewsrarely lived in ghettos and have never beenconfi ned within the borders of one nationor country. Power struggles and wars oftenled to the creation of new national bordersthat divided communities once united. But if identity formation is subject tochange and negotiation, it does not dependsolely on shifting geographical borders. A variety of boundaries were and arestill being constructed and maintaine.
Item Description:Papers presented at the Eleventh International Symposium on the History and Culture of the Jews in the Netherlands (2007).
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9789048521494

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