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Yuri Slezkine
Princeton University Press

The Jewish Century, New Edition

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AuthorYuri Slezkine
PublisherPrinceton University Press
PublishedApr 29 2019
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139780691192826
Dimensions9.2 X 6 X 1.1 inches
Weight 1.4 pounds
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CategoriesHistory > Modern - 20th Century
LanguageEnglish

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This masterwork of interpretative history begins with a bold declaration: The Modern Age is the Jewish Age, and the twentieth century, in particular, is the Jewish Century. The assertion is, of course, metaphorical. But it drives home Yuri Slezkine's provocative thesis: Jews have adapted to the modern world so well that they have become models of what it means to be modern. While focusing on the drama of the Russian Jews, including �migr�s and their offspring, The Jewish Century is also an incredibly original account of the many faces of modernity--nationalism, socialism, capitalism, and liberalism. Rich in its insight, sweeping in its chronology, and fearless in its analysis, this is a landmark contribution to Jewish, Russian, European, and American history.

Author Bio

Yuri Slezkine is Jane K. Sather Professor of History at University California Berkley Department of History.

Professor Slexkine has published six books covering Russia, Soviet Union and Siberia.

The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution(link is external) (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)

The Jewish Century(link is external) (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004).

In the Shadow of Revolution: Life Stories of Russian Women from 1917 to the Second World War(link is external), edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick and Yuri Slezkine (Princeton: Princeton UP, 2000).

Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North(link is external) (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1994).

"The USSR as a Communal Apartment, or How a Socialist State Promoted Ethnic Particularism," Slavic Review 53, no. 2 (Summer 1994): 414-452.

Between Heaven and Hell: The Myth of Siberia in Russian Culture, ed. by Galya Diment and Yuri Slezkine (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Research Interests
Late Modern Europe: Russia

Education
MA, University of Moscow
PhD, University of Texas, Austin

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