Winner of the 1999 National Jewish Book Award for East European Studies. Austrian for almost 150 years, Galicia was a distinctive entity in east European Jewish history. Core contributions here discuss aspects of the Austrian presence. Topics covered include historical overviews of the Jewish community; perceptions of the Jews by others; consequences of Austrian reforms, and of Galician autonomy; Jewish land owning; Jews and the 1873 elections; and Jewish migration to Vienna. The New Views section covers other topics, and there is also a Book Review section. Contributors: Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska, Israel Bartal, Adam Bartosz, Józef Buszko, Stephen D. Corrsin, David Engel, Immanuel Etkes, Tomasz Gasowski, Stanislaw Grodziski, Joanna Hensel-Liwszicowa, John-Paul Himka, Klaus Hödl, Jerzy Holzer, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Gabriele Kohlbauer-Fritz, Janusz Korek, Hanna Kozinska-Witt, Rachel Manekin, Antony Polonsky, Emanuel Ringelblum, Janina Rogozik, Timothy Snyder, Franz A. J. Szabo, Roman Wapinski, Theodore R. Weeks.