The Jews of the Republic: A Political History of State Jews in France from Gambetta to Vichy PDF
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The Jews of the Republic Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture Edited by Aron Rodrigue and Steven J. Zipperstein The Jews o f the Republic A Political History of State Jews in France from Gambetta to Vichy Pierre Birnbaum Translated by Jane Marie Todd Stanford University Press Stanford, California 1996 The Jem of the Republic: A Political History of State Jews in France from Gambetta to Vichy was originally published as Les Fous de la République: Histoire politique des Juifs d’État. de Gambetta a Vichy. © 1992 Librairie Arthème Fayard. Stanford University Press Stanford, California © 1996 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Printed in the United States of America CIP data appear at the end of the book Stanford University Press publications are distributed exclusively by Stanford University Press within the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America; they are distributed exclusively by Cambridge University Press throughout the rest of the world. , To my children heirs to the republican dream Contmts Introduction: îhe King’s Fools and the Republic’s Fools i Part I: Family Portraits 1. At the Heart of Republican Polity: The Reinachs 7 2. From Generation to Generation: The préfets Hendlé 20 3. A Judicial Dynasty: The Bédarridès 32 4. The Armed Services: The Generals Brisac 45 Part II: Culture and Sociability 5. The Sons of Abraham: From Cradle to Grave 57 6. Dimensions of Judaism 74 7. The Birth of a Milieu 94 Part III: Love for the Republic 8. The Republic’s Ideologues: The Secularization 115 of Society 9. Inside the Franco-French Wars: From Boulangism 136 to the Popular Front 10. Maintaining Order: From the Fourmies Shooting 159 to the Ambush on Rue Hermel 11. The Defense of the Nation from 1870 to 1940 179 Part IV: On theLeßand the Right 12. The Emperor’s Faithful 199 13. Gambetta’s Men: The Republic of Southerners 216 14. Alfred Naquet, Anarchist 234 15. The Clemencist Tradition 248 I6. Jaurès’s Heirs 267 Part V: Political Antisemitism 17. Jews Without Land: The Debate on 287 Political Representation 18. Hue and Cry over High Officials! The Long 301 Reverberations of the Dreyfus Affair 19. An Andsemitic Republican State? 318 Obstructed Careers 20. Vichy: The Betrayal by the State 338 Conclusion: The Two Faces of the Republic 375 Appendix 381 Notes 395 Index 441 The Jews of the Republic
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