- Summary
- "The late Steven Lowenstein was a brilliant social historian who, after retiring from his academic position at the University of Judaism, toiled for years-and up to his final days-to complete this monumental book, which is the definitive demographic history of German Jewry. Lowenstein took the research of Hebrew University demographer Professor Osiel Oscar Schmetz and brought it to life in the daily lived experiences of German Jews. The book is organized chronologically from Napoleon to German Unification (1815-1871), Imperial Germany and then the post- World War I era through the Nazi period. Later chapters are regional and topical studies. Lowenstein's calling as a social historian required him to examines "every leaf on every tree in the forest;" but he never lost sight of the trees and the forest - larger context. We know the ending of the story of German Jewry. Lowenstein's great achievement is to document the extraordinary demographic resources that bespoke a vibrant German Jewish culture-and made that ending especially tragic"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Online resource
- Author/Creator
- Lowenstein, Steven M., 1945- author.
- Published
- Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2023
©2023
- Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Frontmatter
Contents
Foreword
Sergio DellaPergola The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Preface 1. The Life and Work of Steven M. Lowenstein z"l (1945-2020): "From Washington Heights to Skid Row
a Life of Learning and Doing"
Preface 2. Steven Lowenstein's Demographic History
Acknowledgments
Editors' Note
Introduction
CHRONOLOGICAL SECTION
1 From the Fall of Napoleon to the Unification of Germany (1815-1871)
2 German Jewish Population Changes in Imperial Germany (1871-1918)
3 From the "Demographic Crisis" of the 1920s to the Flight to Escape after 1933
TOPICAL SECTION
4 Natural Growth and Changes in the German Jewish Family
5 Changing Age Structure
6 Conversion and Intermarriage
7 Migration
Overall Trends and Internal Migration
8 Immigration and Emigration
9 From Countryside to City: Urbanization and the Survival of Small-Town Jewish Communities
10 Jewish Residential Concentration in German Cities
REGIONAL SECTION
11 The Eastern Provinces
12 Central and Northwestern Germany
from Sparse Jewish Density to an Urban and Immigrant Center
13 Western Germany
13 Western Germany
Conclusions
Bibliography
Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German)
Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German)
MAPS
Index
- Other Authors/Editors
- Myers, David N., editor.
Berenbaum, Michael, 1945- editor.
Della Pergola, Sergio, 1942- writer of foreword.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Sergio DellaPergola The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- Preface 1. The Life and Work of Steven M. Lowenstein z"l (1945-2020): "From Washington Heights to Skid Row -- a Life of Learning and Doing" -- Preface 2. Steven Lowenstein's Demographic History -- Acknowledgments -- Editors' Note -- Introduction -- CHRONOLOGICAL SECTION -- 1 From the Fall of Napoleon to the Unification of Germany (1815-1871) -- 2 German Jewish Population Changes in Imperial Germany (1871-1918) -- 3 From the "Demographic Crisis" of the 1920s to the Flight to Escape after 1933 -- TOPICAL SECTION -- 4 Natural Growth and Changes in the German Jewish Family -- 5 Changing Age Structure -- 6 Conversion and Intermarriage -- 7 Migration -- Overall Trends and Internal Migration -- 8 Immigration and Emigration -- 9 From Countryside to City: Urbanization and the Survival of Small-Town Jewish Communities -- 10 Jewish Residential Concentration in German Cities -- REGIONAL SECTION -- 11 The Eastern Provinces -- 12 Central and Northwestern Germany -- from Sparse Jewish Density to an Urban and Immigrant Center -- 13 Western Germany -- 13 Western Germany -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- Geographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- MAPS -- Index
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 20, 2023).
