| The Jews and the Nation: Revolution, Emancipation, State Formation, and the Liberal Paradigm in America and France Subjects: Jews -- France -- History -- 18th century; Jews -- Emancipation -- France; Minorities -- Legal status laws etc -- France -- History; France -- Politics and government -- 18th century; France -- Social conditions -- 18th century; France -- Ethnic relatio; 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 Tocqueville and Louis Hartz. Frederic Cople Jaher is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of several books, including A Scapegoat in the New Wilderness: The Origins and Rise of Anti-Semitism in America . |