Léon Blum: Prime Minister, Socialist, Zionist

by Pierre Birnbaum

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new appreciation of the extraordinary life and legacy of L on Blum, the first Jewish prime minister of France

L on Blum (1872-1950), France's prime minister three times, socialist activist, and courageous opponent of the pro-Nazi Vichy regime, profoundly altered French society. It is Blum who is responsible for France's forty-hour week and its paid holidays, which were among the many reforms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030018980X
• ISBN13: 9780300189803
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.5"