Historians of the Jews and the Holocaust / David Engel.

Author/creator Engel, David
Format Book
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxvii, 314 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.
Jews--Europe. --Historiography.
Historiography--Europe. --History. --20th century.
Jewish historians.

Uniform titleMul har ha-gaʻash. English
SeriesStanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. ^A383414
Contents Negating lachrymosity -- Rehabilitating exile -- "The Jewish people murdered itself" -- "What is more central than the Holocaust?" -- A final word.
Abstract "The Nazi Holocaust is often said to dominate the study of modern Jewish history. Engel demonstrates that, to the contrary, historians of the Jews have often insisted that the Holocaust be sequestered from their field, assigning it instead to historians of Europe, Germany, or the Third Reich. He shows that reasons for this counterintuitive situation lie in the evolution of the Jewish historical profession since the 1920s. This one-of-a-kind study takes readers on a tour of twentieth-century scholars of the history of European Jewry, and the social and political contexts in which they worked, in order to understand why many have declined to view their subject from the vantage point of Jews' encounter with the Third Reich. Engel argues vehemently against this separation and describes ways in which a few exceptional scholars have used the Holocaust to illuminate key problems in the Jewish past." -- Book jacket.
General note"Originally published in Hebrew under the title Mul har haGa'ash."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009024652
ISBN9780804759519 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804759510 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard identifier# 40017481470

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Joyner General Stacks D804.348 .E55 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold