On the Civil Improvement of the Jews

This volume is the first complete translation of Christian Wilhelm Dohm's treatise on the Civil Improvement of the Jews. It provides a novel access to a classic of the emancipation debate by placing it not only in the context of the Enlightenment, but also of the Holy Roman Empire as a mixed jurisdiction. Christian Wilhelm Dohm's treatise on the Civil Improvement of the Jews, published in 1781, ...