Life and Work of S. M. Dubnov

<p> . . . a welcome and unusual glimpse of the private side of one of East European Jewry's most influential public figures. --American Historical Review<br /><br /> . . . an absorbing introduction to one of the truly original thinkers in modern Jewish history. --Heritage Southwest Jewish Press<br /><br />For a complete picture of the Polish/Russian world of the twentieth century this book should be required reading. --AJL Newsletter<br /><br />This is a memoir and biography by an extraordinary woman about her father a pioneer in the field of Jewish history as well as a leading political activist among East European Jews during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book chronicles Dubnov's personal professional and ideological development during a period of intense change for the Jews of the Russian Empire from the Haskalah to the first years of World War II.</p>