Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 18811882 by John Doyle Klier - 9780521895484

Russians, Jews, and the Pogroms of 18811882Author(s): John Doyle Klier\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521895484, 978-0521895484\nSynopsis\nAnti-Jewish pogroms rocked the Russian Empire in 18812, plunging both the Jewish community and the imperial authorities into crisis. Focusing on a wide range of responses to the pogroms, this book offers the most comprehensive, balanced, and complex study of the crisis to date. It presents a nuanced account of the diversity of Jewish political reactions and introduces a wealth of new sources covering Russian and other non-Jewish reactions to these events. Seeking to answer the question of what caused the pogroms' outbreak and spread, the book provides a fuller picture of how officials at every level responded to the national emergency and irrevocably lays to rest the myth that the authorities instigated or tolerated the pogroms. This is essential reading n.