The Jews of the Soviet Union: The History of a National Minority (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521389266)

This is a comprehensive and topical history of the Jews in the Soviet Union and is based on firsthand documentary evidence and the application of a pioneering research method into the fate of national minorities. Within a four-part chronological framework, Professor Pinkus examines not only the legal-political status of the Jews, and their reciprocal relationship with the Soviet majority, but also the impact of internal economic, demographic and social processes upon the religious, educational and cultural life of Soviet Jewry. A second layer of analysis describes in depth the complex linkages between the Jews of the Soviet Union, the Jews in other diasporas and the state of Israel itself. The Jews of the Soviet Union marks a major contribution to the historiography and social analysis of its subject and provides a worthy companion to Professor Pinkus's acclaimed documentary study The Soviet Union and the Jews 1948-1967.

Author: Benjamin Pinkus
ISBN-10: 0521389267
ISBN-13: 9780521389266
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/1990
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.05w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/08/1989