The Routledge Atlas of Jewish History (Routledge Historical Atlases) - Softcover

Apodaca, Jackie; Kostroff, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415399661 ISBN 13: 9780415399661

Publisher: Routledge, 2006

Synopsis

Newly revised and updated to include new maps, this is the seventh edition of Martin Gilbert’s atlas tracing the world-wide migrations of the Jews from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Israel.

Spanning over four thousand years of history in over 140 maps, it presents a vivid picture of a fascinating people and the trials and tribulations which have haunted their story.

The themes covered include:

• prejudice and violence
• migrations and movements
• society and status
• trade and culture
• politics, government and war.

All students of history, and of Jewish history in particular will find this new edition as useful, helpful and invaluable as its six predecessors.

About this title

Review:

‘Gilbert’s maps, both the original and the newer contributions, are carefully drawn and packed with information ... The extensive underlying research obviously conducted by Gilbert shines through in many of the maps and gives the Atlas a reassuring feel of accuracy and authority ... all libraries of any size, including collections serving the general public, should own a recent edition. Inch-for-inch of page, it is hard to conceive of any other work, textual or graphical, conveying so much information on Jewish history in an accessible and digestible form. Excellent value.’ – Reference Reviews

'For sheer detail and breadth of scale [the maps] offer an essential reference for students and teachers.' – BBC History Magazine

About the Author:

Sir Martin Gilbert is one of the leading historians of the modern world. An Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford - of which he was a Fellow for thirty years - he is the official biographer of Churchill and the author of eighty-two books, among them Churchill - A Life, Churchill and the Jews, Kristallnacht: Prelude to Destruction, The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust, and Never Again: A History of the Holocaust. For more information please visit www.martingilbert.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415399661
• ISBN 13: 9780415399661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176