{"product_id":"anti-semitic-moment","title":"Anti-Semitic Moment","description":"In 1898, the Dreyfus Affair plunged French society into a yearlong frenzy. In Paris and provincial villages throughout the country, angry crowds paraded through the streets, attacking Jews and destroying Jewish-owned businesses. Anger about the imagined power of Jewish capital, as well as fears of treason and racial degeneration, made anti-Semitism a convenient banner behind which social and political factions could fall in line. The anti-Semitic feelings that had been simmering in France for decades came boiling to the surface. Here Pierre Birnbaum guides readers on a tour of France during this tumultuous crisis. He shows that in the midst of prolonged violence, Jewish citizens bravely and effectively defended themselves and were aided by a police force determined to maintain order. In \"The Anti-Semitic Moment\" Birnbaum paints a vivid portrait of French Jewish culture at the time and explains why the French state remained strong in this time of widespread unrest.  .","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219930239320,"sku":"9780226052069","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226052069_0d230b80-0525-41b3-80ee-c8b6dcdfd891.jpg?v=1771311646","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/anti-semitic-moment","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}