Bibliograph

The golden age shtetl, a new history of Jewish life in East Europe, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

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The golden age shtetl, a new history of Jewish life in East Europe, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and (pages 361-415) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The golden age shtetl

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

861542592

Responsibility statement

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

Sub title

a new history of Jewish life in East Europe

Summary

Neither a comprehensive history of Eastern European Jewish life or the shtetl, Petrovsky-Shtern, professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University, focuses on three provinces Volhynia, Podolia, and Kiev of the then Russian Empire during what he deems the golden age period, 1790 - 1840, when the shtetl was "the unique habitat of some 80 percent of East European Jews."

Table Of Contents

What's in a name? -- Russia discovers its shtetl -- Lawless freedom -- Fair trade -- The right to drink -- A violent dignity -- Crime, punishment, and a promise of justice -- Family matters -- Open house -- If I forget thee -- The books of the people -- The end of the Golden Age

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Shtetl

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