Reconstructing a National Identity

The Jews of Habsburg Austria during World War I
ISBN13: 9780195134650ISBN10: 0195134656 Hardback, 272 pages

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This book explores the impact of war and political crisis on the national identity of Jews, both in the multinational Habsburg monarchy and in the new nation-states that replaced it at the end of World War I. Jews enthusiastically supported the Austrian war effort because it allowed them to assert their Austrian loyalties and Jewish solidarity at the same time. They faced a grave crisis of identity when the multinational state collapsed and they lived in nation-states mostly uncomfortable with ethnic minorities. This book raises important questions about Jewish identity and about the general nature of ethnic and national identity.

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272 pages; 3 maps & 11 halftones; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-19-513465-0ISBN10: 0-19-513465-6

About the Author(s)

Marsha L. Rozenblit, Harvey Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History, University of Maryland, College Park

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