A History of Habsburg Jews, 1670-1918

William McCagg has done a great service for scholarship-and for Habsburg scholarship in particular-through his book. Scholars are in his debt. -History of European Ideas

… strongly recommended to those interested in either Jewish or Habsburg history. -American Historical Review

… McCagg tells a fascinating story with expert knowledge, with the sure eye and sound judgment of the experienced historian …
-Midstream

… exceptionally fine research and the time frame of the study which make it quite remarkable and original. -German Politics & Society

William McCagg brings out the extent to which Jews were divided not only as Jews, but also as citizens of Austro-Hungary … McCagg writes perceptively of Kafka’s predicament as a German-speaking Jew in Prague, living through the Czech nationalist revival …
-New York Review of Books

Drawing on a wide variety of European sources, McCagg has produced the first history of this important but often forgotten community to be written since the nineteenth century.