The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History

by Martin Gilbert

Overview

'An unusual and compelling insight into Jewish history... sheer detail and breadth of scale' BBC History Magazine

This newly revised and updated edition of Martin Gilbert’s Atlas of Jewish History spans over four thousand years of history in 154 maps, presenting a vivid picture of a fascinating people and the trials and tribulations which have haunted their story.

The themes covered include:

• Prejudice and Violence- from the destruction of Jewish independence between 722 and 586 BC to the flight from German persecution in the 1930s. Also covers the incidence of anti-semitic attacks in the Americas and Europe.
• Migrations and Movements- from the entry into the promised land to Jewish migration in the twenty- first century, including new maps on recent emigration to Israel from Europe and worldwide.
• Society, Trade and Culture- from Jewish trade routes between 800 and 900 to the situation of world Jewry in the opening years of the twenty- first century.
• Politics, Government and War- from the Court Jews of the fifteenth century to the founding and growth of the modern State of Israel.

This new edition is also updated to include maps showing Jewish museums in the United States and Canada, and Europe, as well as American conservation efforts abroad. Other topics covered in this revised edition include Jewish educational outreach projects in various parts of the world, and Jews living under Muslim rule. Forty years on from its first publication, this book is still an indispensible guide to Jewish history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135108168
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/07/2013
Series:	Routledge Historical Atlases
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of the modern world. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford - of which he was a Fellow for thirty years - he is the official biographer of Churchill and the author of eighty-two books, among them Churchill - A Life, Churchill and the Jews, Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust, and Never Again: A History of the Holocaust. For more information please visit www.martingilbert.com

Table of Contents

Section One: The Biblical Period, First and Second Exiles (2000 BC to 1000 AD) / Section Two: Before and into the Middle Ages (1000-1500 AD) / Section Three: Expulsions and the Rise of Zionism and other "Zions" (1000-1939) 1500-1860 / Section Four: The need for Zionism and the development of Jewry in modernity (1860-1900) / Section Five: The Jewish National Home (1880-1937) / Section Six: The Lead up to and the Second World War (1933-1946) / Section Seven: The Ingathering and Statehood Achieved (1946-1992) / Section Eight: The Twenty-first Century

Editorial Reviews

'A useful reference book that will support various academic subjects.' - Reference Reviews

'For sheer detail and breadth of scale they (maps) offer an essential reference for students [and] teachers.' - Fergus Collins, BBC History Magazine

'It is attention to detail that sets this atlas aside from any competitors.' — Reference Reviews

'All libraries of any size, including collections serving the general public, should own a recent edition. Inch-for-inch of page, it is hard to conceive of any other work, textual of graphical, conveying so much information on Jewish history in as accessible and digestable form. Excellent value.' — Reference Reviews

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