The Modernization of French Jewry: Consistory and Community in the Nineteenth Century

Cohen Albert, Phyllis. The Modernization of French Jewry: Consistory and Community in the Nineteenth Century. Hanover, NH: Brandeis University Press, 1977. Quarto. XXII, 450pp. Original printed wraps over red cloth with printer’s device on front board and black lettering on spine. A social and institutional study of 19th century French Jewry during the neglected period between Napoleon and Dreyfus. This is also the first comprehensive account of the Jewish consistory – the largest and most important institution of the French Jewish community. Some age-wear on dust-jacket with age-toning and rubbing along edges. Head of spine creased with closed tears. Dust-jacket in overall fair to good-, binding and interior in very good condition. vg. Softcover. (27585) $45