{"product_id":"the-damascus-affair-ritual-murder-politics-and-the-jews-in-1840-hardback-9780521482462","title":"The Damascus Affair; 'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840 (Hardback) 9780521482462","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Damascus Affair\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e'Ritual Murder', Politics, and the Jews in 1840\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1997 book assesses the impact of the Damascus affair on European and Jewish politics, including the Holocaust and creation of modern Israel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Frankel (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521482462, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 January 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e512 pages, 26 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'To the historiography of 1840 this book is a singularly valuable contribution, excelling its predecessors by the wealth of material adduced, the insight into motives and policies and the sobriety of its conclusions.' English Historical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn February 1840, an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Many Jews in that city were charged with ritual murder and tortured until they confessed. The case turned into a cause célèbre across much of the western world, even becoming a factor in the major diplomatic conflicts of the period, and produced an explosion of polemics, fantastic theories, and strange projects. The religious revival and romanticism of the period provided fertile soil for every speculation. This 1997 book, the first since 1840 to analyse the affair, assesses the Damascus affair as a factor in European and Jewish politics of the time, as a chapter in Jewish history and historiography, and as the stuff of radically conflicting myths - myths which eventually fed into the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Dynamics of Ritual Murder: 2. Ritual murder: official documents\u003cbr\u003e 3. The mechanics and motivations of the case\u003cbr\u003e 4. Beyond Damascus: early reactions\u003cbr\u003e 5. The consuls divide\u003cbr\u003e Part II. In Search of Support: 6. The press, the politicians, and the Jews\u003cbr\u003e 7. Restoring the balance: the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e 8. Political polarization and the genesis of the mission to the East\u003cbr\u003e Part III. 1840 - Perceptions, Polemics, Prophecies: 9. The crisis: Jewish perceptions\u003cbr\u003e 10. The religious polemics\u003cbr\u003e 11. Christian Millennialists, Jewish Messianists, and Lord Palmerston\u003cbr\u003e 12. Jewish nationalism in embryo\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Last Things: 13. Alexandria on the eve of war\u003cbr\u003e 14. The final lap: public opinion in Europe\u003cbr\u003e 15. In the wake of the war: the return to routine\u003cbr\u003e Part V. In Retrospect: 16. Between historiography and myth: the two primary versions of the affair\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913224642840,"sku":"9780521482462","price":110.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521482462i_df9e9f21-06d0-49d0-8cfc-f6ca2dba6fc9.jpg?v=1691382992","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-damascus-affair-ritual-murder-politics-and-the-jews-in-1840-hardback-9780521482462","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}