Dreyfus
Subtitle: a family affair, 1789-1945
By: Michael Burns.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 576
Subjects: Dreyfus family.; Dreyfus, Alfred, 1859-1935 -- Family.; Jews -- France -- Biography.; Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- France.; Antisemitism -- France.; France -- Ethnic relations.; France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Description: In the first book designed to introduce students to the broad outlines and significant legacies of the affair, the author deftly interweaves text with documents, tracing the course of events. He highlights the many issues connected with the case, including anti-Semitism, militant nationalism, socialism, the birth of modern Zionism, the separation of church and state, and the emergence of the "intellectual" in the political arena. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 494-566) and index.
Two maps on front and back endpapers.