Beyond the pale: the Jewish encounter with late imperial Russia

List of Maps, Illustrations, and Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction. The Russian-Jewish Encounter PART I: THE PROBLEM OF EMANCIPATION UNDER THE OLD REGIME 1. Jews and the Imperial Social Hierarchy 2. The Genesis of Selective Integration PART II. THE JEWS OF ST. PETERSBURG 3. Language, Ethnicity, and Urban Space 4. Conflict and Community 5. The Geography of Jewish Politics PART III. JEWS, RUSSIANS, AND THE IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY 6. The University as Melting Pot? 7. A Silent Pogrom PART IV. IN THE COURT OF GENTILES 8. The Judicial Reform and Jewish Citizenship 9. Ethnicity and Civil Society: The Russian Legal Profession Conclusion. The Russian-Jewish Encounter in Comparative Perspective Bibliography Index