The Jews of France
Subtitle: a history from antiquity to the present
By: Esther Benbassa ; translated by M. B. DeBevoise.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Princeton, N. J
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Jews -- France -- History.; France -- Ethnic relations.
Work titles: Histoire des juifs de France. English.
Description: "In the first English-language edition of a general, synthetic history of French Jewry from antiquity to the present, Esther Benbassa tells the intriguing tale of the social, economic, and cultural vicissitudes of a people in diaspora. She reveals the diversity of Jewish life throughout France's regions, while showing how Jewish identity has constantly redefined itself in a country known for both the Rights of Man and the Dreyfus affair.

Beginning with late antiquity, she charts the migrations of Jews into France and traces their fortunes through the making of the French kingdom, the Revolution, the rise of modern anti-Semitism, and the current renewal of interest in Judaism."--BOOK JACKET. "Reinterpreting such themes as assimilation, acculturation, and pluralism, Benbassa finds that French Jews have integrated successfully without always risking loss of identity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-270) and index.

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