This book is the definitive demographic study of German Jewry from the age of Napoleon to the tie of Hitler. With exquisite details and vast range, Steven Lowenstein details the impact of industrialization and urbanization, medical care and birth control, immigration and emigration, social and sexual norms, on German Jews and on Germany itself.
This book is the definitive demographic study of German Jewry from the age of Napoleon to the tie of Hitler. With exquisite details and vast range, Steven Lowenstein details the impact of industrialization and urbanization, medical care and birth control, immigration and emigration, social and sexual norms, on German Jews and on Germany itself.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Steven Mark Lowenstein was Isadore Levine Professor of Jewish History at the University of Judaism (now American Jewish University). He was recognized as one of the most innovative practitioners of German-Jewish social history and authored important works in the field including the award-winning Jewish Cultural Tapestry. Following retirement, he became a social worker, working on Skid Row in Los Angeles, and completing this book.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword (Prof. 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" (David N. Myers, UCLA) Preface 2. Steven Lowenstein's Demographic History (Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University) 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 14. Southern Germany Conclusions Bibliography Geographic names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) A Note on Discrepancies
Foreword (Prof. 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" (David N. Myers, UCLA) Preface 2. Steven Lowenstein's Demographic History (Michael Berenbaum, American Jewish University) 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 14. Southern Germany Conclusions Bibliography Geographic names in German and English (Alphabetized in German) A Note on Discrepancies
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