Eugene M Avrutin

The Velizh Affair

Blood Libel in a Russian Town

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Produktbeschreibung

The Velizh case was the longest ritual murder investigation in the modern world. Drawing on newly discovered trial records, historian Eugene M. Avrutin looks beyond antisemitism as the single most important factor in understanding ritual murder accusations, and in the process, provides an intimate glimpse of small-town life in eastern Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780197645338
• ISBN-10: 019764533X
• Artikelnr.: 63658175

Autorenporträt

Eugene M. Avrutin is the Tobor Family Endowed Professor of Modern European Jewish History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His books include Jews and the Imperial State: Identification Politics in Tsarist Russia and Racism in Modern Russia: From the Romanovs to Putin. He is also the co-editor of Pogroms: A Documentary History.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Fedor Goes for a Walk
Chapter 2: Small-Town Life
Chapter 3: Tsar Alexander Pays a Visit
Chapter 4: The Confrontations
Chapter 5: Grievances
Chapter 6: The Investigation Widens
Chapter 7: Boundaries of the Law
Epilogue
Appendix: Jewish prisoners held in the town of Velizh
Notes
Bibliography
Index