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William O. McCagg Jr (Author)
“William McCagg has done a great service for scholarship–and for Habsburg scholarship in particular–through his book. Scholars are in his debt.” —History of European Ideas
” . . . strongly recommended to those interested in either Jewish or Habsburg history.” —American Historical Review
” . . . McCagg tells a fascinating story with expert knowledge, with the sure eye and sound judgment of the experienced historian . . . ” —Midstream
” . . . exceptionally fine research and the time frame of the study which make it quite remarkable and original.” —German Politics & Society
“William McCagg brings out the extent to which Jews were divided not only as Jews, but also as citizens of Austro-Hungary . . . McCagg writes perceptively of Kafka’s predicament as a German-speaking Jew in Prague, living through the Czech nationalist revival . . . ” —New York Review of Books
Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, McCagg has produced the first history of this important but often forgotten community to be written since the nineteenth century.
Number of Pages: 290Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 INPublication Date: September 22, 1992
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