The Population History of German Jewry 1815–1939 - Based on the Collections and Preliminary Research of Prof. Usiel Oscar Schmelz

This book is the definitive demographic study of German Jewry from the age of Napoleon to the tie of Hitler. With exquisite details and vast range, Steven Lowenstein details the impact of industrialization and urbanization, medical care and birth control, immigration and emigration, social and sexual norms, on German Jews and on Germany itself.