Longing, Belonging, and the Making of Jewish Consumer Culture
Biographical note
Gideon Reuveni Ph.D. (2001) is lecturer for modern Jewish and European history at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of Reading Germany (2006), and the co-editor of several books on different aspects of Jewish history.
Nils Roemer, Ph.D. (2000) is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of numerous books and articles and co-editor of various volumes on modern Jewish cultural and intellectual history.
Nils Roemer, Ph.D. (2000) is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Dallas. He is the author of numerous books and articles and co-editor of various volumes on modern Jewish cultural and intellectual history.
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