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

"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 lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lebrecht, Norman, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc, 2019.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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Table of 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: Dear Lord
  • 1924: Schoolboys
  • 1933: Four murders
  • 1938: Cities of refuge
  • 1942: Black days
  • 1947: New York, New York
  • 2018: Bubbles at breakfast.