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Pages: 513
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-09-10 - Publisher: Stanford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 472
Pages: 472
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989 - Publisher: Wayne State University Press
In this carefully researched analysis, Raphael and Jennifer Patai begin by defining race. They then develop the idea of the existence of "races" through history
Language: en
Pages: 346
Pages: 346
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-14 - Publisher: Springer
This book challenges a common historical narrative, which portrays medieval Jews as moneylenders who filled an essential economic role in Europe. It traces how
Language: en
Pages: 352
Pages: 352
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-14 - Publisher: Verso Books
A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was