TY - BOOK AU - Jaher,Frederic Cople TI - The Jews and the nation: revolution, emancipation, state formation, and the liberal paradigm in America and France SN - 9781400825264 AV - DS135.F82 J34 2002eb U1 - 944/.004924 22 PY - 2002/// CY - Princeton, N.J. PB - Princeton University Press KW - Jews KW - France KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Emancipation KW - Minorities KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - National characteristics, French KW - United States KW - Liberalism KW - Multiculturalism KW - French KW - Juifs KW - Histoire KW - 18e siècle KW - Émancipation KW - Français KW - États-Unis KW - Libéralisme KW - Multiculturalisme KW - multiculturalism KW - aat KW - HISTORY KW - bisacsh KW - Modern KW - 19th Century KW - Ethnic relations KW - fast KW - Philosophy KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - To 1865 KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Conditions sociales KW - Philosophie KW - Jusqu'à 1865 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-284) and index; The prospect -- The nation -- The French experience I: the Revolution and its Republic -- The French experience II: Napoleon and the First Empire -- The American experience -- The argument -- The outcome N2 - This book is the first systematic comparison of the civic integration of Jews in the United States and France--specifically, from the two countries' revolutions through the American republic and the Napoleonic era (1775-1815). Frederic Jaher develops a vehicle for a broader and uniquely rich analysis of French and American nation-building and political culture. He returns grand theory to historical scholarship by examining the Jewish encounter with state formation and Jewish acquisition of civic equality from the perspective of the "paradigm of liberal inclusiveness" as formulated by Alexis de UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=286650 ER -