Mitchell B. Hart is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish and European History at Florida International University.

"Hart has made a significant contribution to European Jewish history, to the social scientific study of Jews, and to the intellectual history of the social sciences in his innovative study of the politics of modern Jewish identity within the newly developed field of Jewish social sciences."—The Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Considering the technical nature of many of the sources, Hart's book is quite readable and in many ways, exciting." Relgious Studies Review "Hart's work provides both a critical contribution to understanding the Jewish social scientific debate as it was framed during its formative decades, and an essential context for the present debates."—Studies in Contemporary Jewry

• Introduction; 1. 'Wir mussen mehr wissen': institutional and ideological foundations of a Jewish statistics; 2. The bureau for Jewish statistics and the development of Jewish social science 1904-1931; 3. The wages of modernity: fertility, intermarriage, and the debate over Jewish decline; 4. The pathological circle: medical images and statistics in Jewish social science; 5. The diaspora as cure: non-zionist uses of social science; 6. Measuring and picturing Jews: racial anthropology and iconography; 7. National economy and the debate over Jewish regeneration; Conclusion: a usable knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Mitchell B. Hart is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish and European History at Florida International University.

"Hart has made a significant contribution to European Jewish history, to the social scientific study of Jews, and to the intellectual history of the social sciences in his innovative study of the politics of modern Jewish identity within the newly developed field of Jewish social sciences."—The Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Considering the technical nature of many of the sources, Hart's book is quite readable and in many ways, exciting." Relgious Studies Review "Hart's work provides both a critical contribution to understanding the Jewish social scientific debate as it was framed during its formative decades, and an essential context for the present debates."—Studies in Contemporary Jewry

• Introduction; 1. 'Wir mussen mehr wissen': institutional and ideological foundations of a Jewish statistics; 2. The bureau for Jewish statistics and the development of Jewish social science 1904-1931; 3. The wages of modernity: fertility, intermarriage, and the debate over Jewish decline; 4. The pathological circle: medical images and statistics in Jewish social science; 5. The diaspora as cure: non-zionist uses of social science; 6. Measuring and picturing Jews: racial anthropology and iconography; 7. National economy and the debate over Jewish regeneration; Conclusion: a usable knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Mitchell B. Hart is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish and European History at Florida International University.

"Hart has made a significant contribution to European Jewish history, to the social scientific study of Jews, and to the intellectual history of the social sciences in his innovative study of the politics of modern Jewish identity within the newly developed field of Jewish social sciences."—The Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Considering the technical nature of many of the sources, Hart's book is quite readable and in many ways, exciting." Relgious Studies Review "Hart's work provides both a critical contribution to understanding the Jewish social scientific debate as it was framed during its formative decades, and an essential context for the present debates."—Studies in Contemporary Jewry

• Introduction; 1. 'Wir mussen mehr wissen': institutional and ideological foundations of a Jewish statistics; 2. The bureau for Jewish statistics and the development of Jewish social science 1904-1931; 3. The wages of modernity: fertility, intermarriage, and the debate over Jewish decline; 4. The pathological circle: medical images and statistics in Jewish social science; 5. The diaspora as cure: non-zionist uses of social science; 6. Measuring and picturing Jews: racial anthropology and iconography; 7. National economy and the debate over Jewish regeneration; Conclusion: a usable knowledge; Notes; Bibliography; Index.