Out of the Ghetto: The Social Background of Jewish Emancipation, 1770-1870
by Jacob Katz
Category: History

An analysis of the Jewish experience in Western Europe since the Emancipation. Discrimination against the Jews in pre-Emancipation society is also described. Discusses Gentile resistance to the integration of Jews in society as a result of the Christian antisemitic heritage, and socialist and romantic antisemitism.