Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Modern History
Angaben zur Quelle:
73,2 (2001) 275-306
Keywords:
Jews
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
Abstract:
The industrialization of Russian Poland, especially of Warsaw in 1890-1914, brought about a new politics of antisemitism which began in 1912 in the form of a nationalist-led boycott of Jewish-owned shops and trade in Warsaw. The boycott, primarily a political event, was driven by the social position of two key groups largely centered in Warsaw: the Polish intelligentsia, radicalized by labor market competition and blocked from upward social mobility, and the Polish artisan middle class, increasingly overshadowed by larger producers of mainly non-Polish ethnicity. The working class and peasantry, as well as cities other than Warsaw, ignored the boycott, which highlighted the failure of Polish liberalism. The first calls for the boycott came from the radical nationalist camp (Endecja), but it was supported by the clergy and some liberals; the left, both liberal and socialist, remained aloof. The boycott dealt a final blow to Jewish assimilation and boosted Jewish nationalism, especially Zionism.
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