LEADER 04719cam a2200529 i 4500001 290866 005 20240622101016.0 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 230712t20232023mauab ob 001 0deng 010 2022054374 019 1381097292 020 9798887191102 |qelectronic book 020 9798887191096 |q(electronic book) 020 |z9798887191089 |qhardcover 035 (OCoLC)on1350843190 035 290866 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |epn |cDLC |dOCLCF |dEBLCP |dUKAHL |dYDX |dN$T |dOCLCQ |dOCLCO |dDEGRU |dWAU |dLHM 050 04 DS134.25 |b.L695 2023 100 1 Lowenstein, Steven M., |d1945- |eauthor. 245 14 The population history of German Jewry 1815-1939 : |bbased on the collections and preliminary research of Prof. Usiel Oscar Schmelz / |cSteven Mark Lowenstein ; edited and introduced by David N. Myers and Michael Berenbaum ; with a foreword by Sergio DellaPergola. 264 1 Brookline, MA : |bAcademic Studies Press, |c2023. 264 4 |c©2023 300 1 online resource (xxiii, 736 pages) : |billustrations, color maps ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome |2rdacc 347 text file |2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "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"-- |cProvided by publisher. 588 Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 20, 2023). 505 00 |tFrontmatter -- |tContents -- |tForeword -- |tSergio DellaPergola The Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- |tPreface 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" -- |tPreface 2. Steven Lowenstein's Demographic History -- |tAcknowledgments -- |tEditors' Note -- |tIntroduction -- |tCHRONOLOGICAL SECTION -- |t1 From the Fall of Napoleon to the Unification of Germany (1815-1871) -- |t2 German Jewish Population Changes in Imperial Germany (1871-1918) -- |t3 From the "Demographic Crisis" of the 1920s to the Flight to Escape after 1933 -- |tTOPICAL SECTION -- |t4 Natural Growth and Changes in the German Jewish Family -- |t5 Changing Age Structure -- |t6 Conversion and Intermarriage -- |t7 Migration -- Overall Trends and Internal Migration -- |t8 Immigration and Emigration -- |t9 From Countryside to City: Urbanization and the Survival of Small-Town Jewish Communities -- |t10 Jewish Residential Concentration in German Cities -- |tREGIONAL SECTION -- |t11 The Eastern Provinces -- |t12 Central and Northwestern Germany -- from Sparse Jewish Density to an Urban and Immigrant Center -- |t13 Western Germany -- |t13 Western Germany -- |tConclusions -- |tBibliography -- |tGeographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- |tGeographic Names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) -- |tMAPS -- |tIndex 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jews |zGermany |y1800-1933. 650 0 Jews |vStatistics. 650 0 Jews |xSocial conditions. 655 7 Informational works. |2lcgft 700 1 Myers, David N., |eeditor. 700 1 Berenbaum, Michael, |d1945- |eeditor. 700 1 Della Pergola, Sergio, |d1942- |ewriter of foreword. 776 08 |iOnline version:Lowenstein, Steven Mark, 1945- |tPopulation history of German Jewry 1815-1939 |dBoston : Academic Studies Press, 2023 |z9798887191096 |w(DLC) 2022054374 856 40 |uhttps://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=30551600 852 0 |bscstacks |hDS134.25 |i.L695 2023