Russia Gathers Her Jews: The Origins of the "jewish Question" in Russia, 1772-1825, Paperback

This classic study, by the late John Doyle Klier, is considered a seminal text in modern Jewish history by one of the foremost scholars in the field. In this, his first book, Klier offers an important analysis of Russia s early acquisition of, attitudes toward, and administration of its Jewish population. He argues that the Russian response to the Jewish Question was based less on a tradition or religious antipathy than on the failure to develop a consistent, well-articulated policy in the face of a new and unusual problem. This failure led to ineffective social legislation and became the legacy of Russia s first encounter with the Jews. This essential book will be of enduring interest to scholars of modern Russian and Jewish history.

John Doyle Klier (1944-2007) was a notable scholar of European Jewish history. He was the author of Imperial Russia s Jewish Question, 1855-81 and coeditor of Pogroms: Anti-Jewish Violence in Russian History, among other works.