num_pages: 290
description: William McCagg has done a great service for scholarshipand for Habsburg scholarship in particularthrough his book. Scholars are in his debt. History of European Ideas . . . strongly recommended to those interested in either Jewish or Habsburg history. American Historical Review . . . McCagg tells a fascinating story with expert knowledge with the sure eye and sound judgment of the experienced historian . . .  Midstream . . . exceptionally fine research and the time frame of the study which make it quite remarkable and original. German Politics &amp; SocietyWilliam McCagg brings out the extent to which Jews were divided not only as Jews but also as citizens of Austro-Hungary . . . McCagg writes perceptively of Kafka's predicament as a German-speaking Jew in Prague living through the Czech nationalist revival . . .  New York Review of BooksDrawing on a wide variety of European sources McCagg has produced the first history of this important but often forgotten community to be written since the nineteenth century.
language: English
title: A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918
publisher: Indiana University Press