Historical Atlas of Hasidism

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The first cartographic reference book on one of today's most important religious movements Historical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps and a wealth of illustrations, charts, and tables, this one-of-a-k

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"Winner of the 2018 Judaica Reference and Bibliography Award, Association of Jewish Libraries"
"Winner of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award for Scholarship, Nahum Sarna Memorial Award"
"One of the Financial Times' Best Books of the Year: Critics' Picks"
"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"We are accustomed to history being related verbally. But the pioneering Historical Atlas of Hasidism (Princeton) tells it spatially, through almost 100 illustrations and 74 large-format maps. Marcin Wodzinski presents the history of the emergence, rise and geographical spread of Hasidism, as well as the history of its destruction and revival in the New World. Whats revolutionary about this book is that by giving us a new, spatial perspective, it gets our minds to work in a different way from when we are simply reading. Studying the maps, we see history as a network of connections and mutual dependencies. Its easy to spend hours exploring this fascinating book and its impossible not to agree with the reviews that said a picture is worth a thousand words, while a map is worth a million."---Olga Tokarczuk, Financial Times
"[A] valuable new resource that offers fresh insights into the history of this movement."---Barbara M. Bibel, ARBA Reviews
"[A] seminal work no library or university can be without if serious about Jewish studies, geography, demography, and political science. . . . Historical Atlas is the quintessential book on the entirety of Hasidism and its adherents."---Dr. Harold Goldmeier, Life in Israel
"Within minutes which can easily become hours the reader is drawn into the multidimensional reality of Hasidism."---Elli Fischer, Segula

Author Bio

Marcin Wodziski is professor of Jewish studies at the University of Wrocaw in Poland. His many books include Hasidism: A New History (Princeton) and Hasidism and Politics: The Kingdom of Poland, 18151864. Waldemar Spallek is assistant professor of geographic information systems and cartography at the University of Wrocaw in Poland.