awwwright...I'll do it. Merlika
----- Original Message -----
From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_bell.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Book of the Month, January 2015: "A Sanguine Bunch"
> Why not send your comment to the group?
> j.
>
> On 2015-01-03 7:55 AM, Merle Kastner wrote:
>> I tend to agree with you Jerome. It's unfortunate that the author
>> wrote it in this manner. It's upsetting.
>> Merle
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "jerome schatten" <romers_at_shaw.ca>
>> To: "Edgar Hauster" <bconcept_at_hotmail.com>; "Czernowitz Discussion Group"
>> <czernowitz-l_at_cornell.edu>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Book of the Month, January 2015: "A Sanguine Bunch"
>>
>>
>>> Hi Edgar.... Thanks for this! I think if one reads nothing else of
>>> this thesis, the 'Historical Overview', is very readable and valuable.
>>> Some of the language however, I find disturbing -- for example:
>>>
>>> " ...Jewish property steadily increased once the 1867
>>> Constitution had eliminated the last possession restrictions for Jews.
>>> Many peasants lost their
>>> only recently acquired land to (often Jewish) usurers when they were
>>> unable to repay their
>>> loans in the difficult years 1866-68. Until the savings bank (Sparkasse)
>>> was founded, only
>>> private money lending was possible and mainly provided by usurers which
>>> in turn provoked
>>> outbursts of anti-Semitism. The Orthodox Church Fund continued to be the
>>> biggest landowner
>>> throughout the years and while it had the opportunity to improve the
>>> situation by leasing land
>>> to small farmers, it chose to lease land and forests to (again, mostly
>>> Jewish) entrepreneurs
>>> who were financially able to engage in long-term contracts."
>>>
>>> 'Usurer(s)', is not a value neutral term, and coupled with the
>>> parenthetical remark(s) 'usually, mostly, again mostly Jewish', seems
>>> like setting up the Jews to be responsible for their own eventual
>>> demise. Although the author never makes this case, the way this part of
>>> his history was constructed, left me with a feeling that I've heard all
>>> this before, and it doesn't end up well.
>>>
>>> It may be the case that I'm too sensitive around this issue, or that I'm
>>> misreading the intent of the author, still, something doesn't sit right.
>>> I would have thought that in the dissertation process, this construction
>>> might have raised a flag amongst the author's thesis advisors.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> jerome
>>>
>>> On 2015-01-01 7:54 AM, Edgar Hauster wrote:
>>>> Czernowitzers, dear friends...
>>>>
>>>> Happy New Year to all of you! Let's inaugurate the new year by the
>>>> release of the Book of the Month, January 2015, at our Czernowitz Book
>>>> Corner:
>>>>
>>>> http://czernowitzbook.blogspot.de/2015/01/a-sanguine-bunch.html
>>>>
>>>> "'A Sanguine Bunch' - Regional Identification in Habsburg Bukovina,
>>>> 1774-1919" is the doctoral thesis - in English language [!] - defended
>>>> by Hieronymus Franciscus van Drunen at the University of Amsterdam in
>>>> September 2013; Prof. Dr. J. Th. Leerssen and Prof. Dr. D. J. Deletant
>>>> were the prominent thesis advisors.
>>>>
>>>> On Jewish Bukovina, please continue reading Part II - Bukovinians 3,
>>>> chap. 3.5 - 3.7, p. 201 - 245, and learn more on:
>>>>
>>>> - The Jewish Presence in Bukovina [3.5, p. 201]
>>>> - Jews and the Local Economy [3.5, p. 204]
>>>> - The Social Position of Bukovinian Jews [3.5, p. 208]
>>>> - Jewish Nationalism in Bukovina [3.6, p. 216]
>>>> - Anti-Semitism and Bukovina: Attacks and Vindications [3.7, p. 224]
>>>> - Bukovinian National Movements and Anti-Semitism [3.7, p. 227]
>>>> - Popular Anti-Semitism [3.7, p. 239]
>>>>
>>>> There are not too many books in English that tell the story of our
>>>> favorite region, so I'm encouraging you to download your FREE COPY of
>>>> the dissertation and to read it and share it with your relatives!
>>>>
>>>> Stay "tuned" for the next edition of Book of the Month, to be released
>>>> at: http://czernowitzbook.blogspot.de/
>>>>
>>>> Edgar Hauster
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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