People of the Book: Thirty Scholars Reflect on Their Jewish Identity

By: Rubin-Dorsky, Jeffrey

Book Overview

Often overshadowed by the persecution of Jews in Germany, the treatment of Jews in fascist Italy comes into sharp focus in this volume by Italian historian Michele Sarfatti. Using thorough and careful statistical evidence to document how the Italian social climate changed from relatively just to irredeemably prejudicial, Sarfatti begins with a history of Italian Jews in the decades before fascism--when Jews were fully integrated into Italian national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299150143
• ISBN13: 9780299150143
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"