Obstinate Hebrews Representations of Jews in France, 1715-1815 (Studies on the History of Society and Culture) by University RonaldSchechter 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, RonaldSchechter 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 ..."
"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 RonaldSchechter 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 ..."
"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 RonaldSchechter 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 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 ..."
"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, RonaldSchechter, 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 ..."
Nathan the Wise(1st Edition) By Gotthold Ephraim Lessing with Related Documents (The Bedford Series in History and Culture) by RonaldSchechter, 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 RonaldSchechter, Denys Val Baker Paperback, Published 2014 by Oxford University Press Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-00-014056-2, ISBN: 0-00-014056-2