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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE–1492 CE is a book by the British historian Simon Schama, [1] which is being published in three volumes. [2] The first volume, entitled Finding the Words, 1000BCE – 1492CE, [3] was published in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head in September 2013. [4]
Schama was born on 13 February 1945 in Marylebone, London. [1] [6] His mother, Gertie (née Steinberg), was from an Ashkenazi Lithuanian Jewish family (from Kaunas, present-day Lithuania), and his father, Arthur Schama, was of Sephardi Jewish background (from Smyrna, present-day İzmir in Turkey), later moving through Moldova and Romania.
Belonging: The Story of the Jews, 1492–1900, Volume 2 is a 2017 book by Simon Schama on the cultural history of the Jewish people. Belonging is the second volume of Schama's Story of the Jews, the first being The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000BCE – 1492CE. Belonging was published by Penguin Random House in October 2017. [1]
Hobsbawm further criticized the book, opining that "Schama is not involved as an expert in the field, for . . . the book does not set out to add to the knowledge already available. The author's choice of a narrative focused on particular people and incidents neatly sidesteps the problems of perspectives and generalization." [3]
A History of Britain is a series of three books by Simon Schama, written to accompany his BBC television series A History of Britain. The volumes are: A History of Britain I: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC–AD 1603 (BBC, 2000, ISBN 0-563-48714-3) A History of Britain II: The British Wars 1603–1776 (BBC, 2001, ISBN 0-563-48718-6)
Schama writes a quasi-anthropological study by utilizing the material culture such as the arts, engravings, illustrated books, delftware and bric-a-brac. He goes on to delve into the culture of smoking, family morality and their excessive penchant with cleaning. [1] The book details on what gave rise to their sense of community, allegiance and ...
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution is a history book by Simon Schama. [1] [2] [3] It was the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award winner for general nonfiction. [4] A 2007 drama-documentary television programme was based on it. [5]
Pages in category "Books by Simon Schama" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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