{"product_id":"the-jews-of-edirne-jacob-daniels-9781503642911","title":"The Jews of Edirne: The End of Ottoman Europe and the Arrival of Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Edirne was a bustling center linking Istanbul to Ottoman Europe. It was also the capital of Edirne Province--among the most religiously diverse regions of the Ottoman Empire. But by 1923, the city had become a Turkish border town, and the province had lost much of its non-Muslim population. With this book, Jacob Daniels explores how one of the world's largest Sephardi communities dealt with the encroachment of modern borders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing Ladino, French, English, and Turkish sources, Daniels offers a new take on the ways in which ethno-religious minorities experienced the transition \"from empire to nation-state.\" Rather than tracing a linear path, Edirne Jews zigzagged between the Ottoman Empire and three nation-states--without moving a mile. And by maintaining interstate Sephardi networks, they resisted pressure to treat the shifting border as a limit to their zone of belonging. Ultimately, proximity to the border would undo Edirne's Jewish community, but the way this ending came about--local Jews were rarely killed or deported--challenges common assumptions about state borders and Jewish history. By studying Jewish encounters with the nation-state alongside the emergence of modern borders, Daniels sheds light on both phenomena.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob Daniels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503642917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503642911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jacob Daniels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311274774783,"sku":"9781503642911","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9ad8d6b-dec0-4e2d-8fda-ba6c9fe071f4.jpg?v=1730889041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-jews-of-edirne-jacob-daniels-9781503642911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}