Leon Blum (Jewish Lives): Prime Minister, Socialist, Zionist - Hardcover

Birnbaum, Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030018980X ISBN 13: 9780300189803

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Leon Blum

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Review:

"Twenty years ago, Pierre Birnbaum wrote a brilliant Political History of State Jews in France, and now he has written a beautiful biography of the greatest of the state Jews. Léon Blum has never gotten the recognition he deserves as a French statesman, a socialist leader, and a proud Jew. That will change with this book."--Michael Walzer, author of The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions--Michael Walzer

"A succinct, interesting, and compelling overview of the life of French politician and former Prime Minister Léon Blum. Pierre Birnbaum draws on a rich series of primary sources that bring Blum and his adversaries to life."--Maud S. Mandel, author of Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict--Maud S. Mandel

"...a surprisingly human portrait of the Zionist socialist and three-time prime minister of France."--Melody Amsel-Arieli, Segula--Melody Amsel-Arieli"Segula" (12/01/2015)

About the Author:

One of France's most eminent political sociologists, Pierre Birnbaum is professor emeritus at the Sorbonne. He is the author or co-author of seventeen books, including Anti-Semitism in France,The Jews of the Republic, and Geography of Hope. He is co-editor, with Ira Katznelson, of Paths for Emancipation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 030018980X
• ISBN 13: 9780300189803
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288