Jews and Gentiles: A Historical Sociology of Their Relations Tapa dura - 2004

New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2004. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. Pages are clean, no markings from previous owners. Boards are clean. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is clean, faint rubbing, slight edgewear. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.

New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2004. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges & usual markings etc. interior clean. dustjacket taped to cover edges; ID sticker to lower spine; spine lightly sunned). blue cloth boards. book xvi, 253 pgs. blue dustjacket w/ grey & light orange printing w/ protective plastic. A previously unpublished manuscript by Cahnman (1902-1980), edited and published by colleagues. A refugee from Hitler's Germany (he fled in 1939), Cahnman continued his sociological writings in the USA. He argues that in the diaspora the Jew has played the role of mediator or transmitter of spiritual and material goods. He is an outsider who is, on the one hand, viewed with mistrust and, on the other, appreciated. His role has caused irritation in many places, but not at all times. The Jews have often suffered from their position between the upper and lower "millstones" of society. While the Jewish experience often overlaps with antisemitism, it is not identical… Leer más

Hardback. New. When the focus is on anti-Semitism, Jewish history appears as a record of unmitigated hostility against the Jewish people and of passivity on their part. Yet, this work shows that Jewish-Gentile relations are far more complex - there is a long history of positive and negative mutual contacts.

Transaction Pub, 2004. Hardcover. New. 253 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

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Routledge, 2003-11-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!