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Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860–1925

Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860–1925 Reviews / East Central Europe 37 (2010) 140–155 143 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/187633010X488371 Van Rahden, Till. Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860–1925 . Translated by Marcus Brainard. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008. 477 pp. ISBN: 978-0-299-22694-7. Growing out of the author’s dissertation project at the University of Bielefeld and originally published in its acclaimed German version as Juden und andere Breslauer , van Rahden’s mono- graph examines the contested question of the extent and limits of Jewish integration in modern German society in Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland), the major city of Silesia. Th is is a primarily social historical, thoroughly argumentative study that draws on diverse printed and archival sources and presents its abundant fi ndings in the form of a highly accessible text. Van Rahden analyzes several concrete aspects of the process of integration, namely social structure, private and public socializing, the school system, and city politics. Moreover, while much of the book deals with the bourgeoisie and bourgeois men in particular, important gender aspects are prop- erly highlighted and refl ections on lower-class Jews are included as well. Drawing on recent discussions http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png East Central Europe Brill

Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860–1925

Laczó, Ferenc
East Central Europe , Volume 37 (1): 143 – Jan 1, 2010
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Reviews / East Central Europe 37 (2010) 140–155 143 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/187633010X488371 Van Rahden, Till. Jews and Other Germans: Civil Society, Religious Diversity, and Urban Politics in Breslau, 1860–1925 . Translated by Marcus Brainard. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008. 477 pp. ISBN: 978-0-299-22694-7. Growing out of the author’s dissertation project at the University of Bielefeld and originally published in its acclaimed German version as Juden und andere Breslauer , van Rahden’s mono- graph examines the contested question of the extent and limits of Jewish integration in modern German society in Breslau (today Wrocław, Poland), the major city of Silesia. Th is is a primarily social historical, thoroughly argumentative study that draws on diverse printed and archival sources and presents its abundant fi ndings in the form of a highly accessible text. Van Rahden analyzes several concrete aspects of the process of integration, namely social structure, private and public socializing, the school system, and city politics. Moreover, while much of the book deals with the bourgeoisie and bourgeois men in particular, important gender aspects are prop- erly highlighted and refl ections on lower-class Jews are included as well. Drawing on recent discussions

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