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Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947

text Genius & anxiety : how Jews changed the world, 1847-1947

Lebrecht, Norman

Summary
"In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the way we see the world. Many of them are well known--Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily l... Read more
Contents
1847: The visitor -- 1851: The wars of the Jews -- 1863: Brought to book -- 1875: Carmen, Quand-meme -- 1881: The Tsar's hamburger -- 1890: Two beards on a train -- 1897: Sex in the city -- 1905: The known unknowns -- 1911: Blues 'n' Jews -- 1917:... Read more
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xix, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher
Scribner 2019
MARC Permalink

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 920.009 LEB in Adult Non-fiction Available

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