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Books by Ronald Schechter






Obstinate Hebrews
Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)
by University Ronald Schechter
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-23557-1, ISBN: 0-520-23557-6

"Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France - both by Gentiles and Jews themselves - Ronald Schechter offer ..."






Mendoza the Jew(1st Edition)
Boxing, Manliness, and Nationalism, A Graphic History (Graphic History Series)
by Liz Clarke, Ronald Schechter
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-933409-4, ISBN: 0-19-933409-9

"Inspired by the resounding success of Abina and the Important Men (OUP, 2011), Mendoza the Jew combines a graphic history with primary documentation and contextual information to explore issues of nationalism, identity, culture, and historical methodology through the life story of Daniel Mendoza. Mendoza was a poor Sephardic Jew from East London who became the boxing champion of Britain in 1789. As a Jew with limited means and a foreign ..."






A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France(1st Edition)
by Ronald Schechter
Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-49957-4, ISBN: 0-226-49957-X

"In contemporary political discourse, condemning acts of terror is all but automatic. But this reflexive disavowal is a surprisingly recent development. In A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France, Ronald Schechter tells the story of the term’s evolution in Western thought, examining a neglected yet crucial chapter of our complicated romance with terror.   For centuries prior to the French Revolution, the word “terror” had larg ..."






The French Revolution(1st Edition)
The Essential Readings
by Ronald Schechter
Paperback, 356 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell
Ilustrado
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-21271-3, ISBN: 0-631-21271-X

"This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Historians typically categorize the historiography of the French Revolution according to each author's approval or disapproval of the Revolution, political agenda (for example Marxist, liberal, conservative, or feminist), or methodology (for example social ..."






Nathan the Wise(Reprint)
(Bedford Series in History & Culture (Paperback))
by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, University Ronald Schechter, Ronald Schechter
Paperback, 171 Pages, Published 2004 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-44243-9, ISBN: 0-312-44243-2

"One of the most frequently performed and widely read comedies of the eighteenth century, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's "Nathan the Wise" (1779) combines rich characterization with an engaging plot. Set in Muslim-ruled Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades, it deals with universal themes -- including the nature of God, antisemitism, wealth and poverty, and the conflict between love and duty. Today the play is as timely as ever. This edition ..."






The French Revolution(1st Edition)
The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)
by Ronald Schechter
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2001 by Wiley-Blackwell
Ilustrado
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-21270-6, ISBN: 0-631-21270-1

"This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Historians typically categorize the historiography of the French Revolution according to each author′s approval or disapproval of the Revolution, political agenda (for example Marxist, liberal, conservative, or feminist), or methodology (for example social, po ..."






A City and the Dead; Zablotow Alive and Destroyed
Memorial Book of Zabolotov, Ukraine
by University Ronald Schechter, Schmuel Kahati, Nili Goldman, Ronald B. Schechter
Hardcover, 170 Pages, Published 2017 by Jewishgen.Inc
ISBN-13: 978-1-939561-44-2, ISBN: 1-939561-44-2

"A City and the Dead; Zablotow Alive and Destroyed Memorial Book of Zabolotov, Ukraine This is a translation from: Ir u-metim; Zablotow ha-melea ve-ha-hareva A City and the Dead; Zablotow Alive and Destroyed Published in Tel Aviv by the Former Residents of Zablotow in Israel and the USA 1949 (in Hebrew and Yiddish), 218 pages May this English translation of the memorial book, A City and the Dead; Zablotow Alive and Destroyed serve as ..."






A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France
by Ronald Schechter
304 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-226-49960-4, ISBN: 0-226-49960-X

"Ronald Schechter ... 2, 4, 154–55, 177–78, 181, 183–84, 193 Riffard, François- Jérôme, 149, 247n25 rights talk, 8–9 Robert, François, 156 Robespierre, ... 255n109, 257n9 Rousseau, Pierre, 106–7 Roustan, Antoine Jacques, 53 royalism/royalists, 123, 159, 162, 176 Royer, Claude, ... See also religious terror Sacy, Claude-Louis-Michel de, 51 Sacy, Isaac Louis Le Maistre de, 21–22 safety, 190, 192–93; ..."






Migration(2nd Edition)
The Biology of Life on the Move
by Hugh Dingle, Ronald Schechter, Liz Clarke
Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-964039-3, ISBN: 0-19-964039-4

"Migration, broadly defined as directional movement to take advantage of spatially distributed resources, is a dramatic behaviour and an important component of many life histories that can contribute to the fundamental structuring of ecosystems. In recent years, our understanding of migration has advanced radically with respect to both new data and conceptual understanding. It is now almost twenty years since publication of the first edi ..."






2(4th Edition)
Making of the West: A Concise History, 3e Volume II & Sources of the Making of the West, 3e Volume II & Nathan the Wise Reprint & West in the Wider World, Volume II
by Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Bonnie G. Smith, Ronald Schechter, Professor Lynn Hunt, Richard Lim, David Kammerling Smith, University Lynn Hunt
Paperback, Published 2013 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-1-4576-4096-4, ISBN: 1-4576-4096-1






Enlightenment & Nathan the Wise & First and Second Discourses & Candide
by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Ronald Schechter, Professor Margaret C. Jacob, Francois Voltaire
Hardcover, Published 2007 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-48294-7, ISBN: 0-312-48294-9






S. Mark Taper Foundation Imprint in Jewish Studies Studies O Ser.
Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815
by Ronald Schechter
Published 2003
ISBN-13: 978-1-282-35695-5, ISBN: 1-282-35695-X






Obstinate Hebrews
Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815
by Ronald Schechter
Published 2003
ISBN-13: 978-1-4175-2560-7, ISBN: 1-4175-2560-6






Black Death
The Great Mortality of 1348-1350 & Candide & Nathan the Wise & Power and the Holy in the Age of the Investiture Conflict
by University John Aberth, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Daniel Gordon, Francois Voltaire, Maureen C. Miller, Ronald Schechter
Hardcover, Published 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-54991-6, ISBN: 0-312-54991-1






Making of the West 3e V2 & Sources of The Making of the West 3e V2 & West in the Wider World V2 & Nathan the Wise(3rd Edition)
by Professor Lynn Hunt, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Thomas R. Martin, Bonnie G. Smith, Richard Lim, David Kammerling Smith, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Ronald Schechter, Christopher R. Martin
Paperback, Published 2008 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-58636-2, ISBN: 0-312-58636-1






Making of the West 2e VB & Sources of Making of the West 2e V1 & V2 & Nathan the Wise(2nd Edition)
by Professor Lynn Hunt, Thomas R. Martin, Bonnie G. Smith, Barbara H. Rosenwein, Ronald Schechter
Hardcover, Published 2007 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-47770-7, ISBN: 0-312-47770-8






Nathan the Wise(1st Edition)
By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
by Ronald Schechter, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Natalie Zemon Davis
Paperback, 171 Pages, Published 2004 by Bedford/St. Martin's
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-40152-8, ISBN: 0-312-40152-3

"One of the most frequently performed and widely read comedies of the eighteenth century, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's Nathan the Wise (1779) combines rich characterization with an engaging plot. Set in Muslim-ruled Jerusalem at the time of the Crusades, it deals with universal themes -- including the nature of God, antisemitism, wealth and poverty, and the conflict between love and duty. Today the play is as timely as ever. This edition, ..."







[(Mendoza the Jew: Boxing, Manliness, and Nationalism, a Graphic History )] [Author: Ronald Schechte
by Ronald Schechter, Denys Val Baker
Paperback, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13: 978-0-00-014056-2, ISBN: 0-00-014056-2






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