Rites and Passages
Subtitle: The Beginnings of Modern Jewish Culture in France, 1650-1860 (Jewish Culture and Contexts)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: September 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780812238167
Subjects: History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Europe - France; Religion; Judaism - History; Jewish - General; Social History; History / Jewish; History-Europe - France; History-Social History; 19th century; 17th century; 18th century; France; History; Jews
First sentence: The wealth of theories seeking to establish when the modern era began reflects a wide range of historical methodologies and considerable disagreement on the essence of modernity itself.