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The golden age shtetl : a new history of Jewish life in East Europe

Title
The golden age shtetl : a new history of Jewish life in East Europe / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern.
Author
Petrovskiĭ-Shtern, Ĭokhanan
Publication
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

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Description
431 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
Summary
Neither a comprehensive history of Eastern European Jewish life or the shtetl, Petrovsky-Shtern, professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern Univ., 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."
Alternative Title
Shtetl
Subject
  • Jews > Europe, Eastern > History
  • Jews > Europe, Eastern > Social life and customs
  • Shtetls > Europe, Eastern > History
  • Europe, Eastern > Ethnic relations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibligraphical references and (pages 361-415) and index.
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.
Call Number
*PXK 14-236
ISBN
  • 9780691160740 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0691160740 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2013945451
OCLC
861542592
Author
Petrovskiĭ-Shtern, Ĭokhanan, author.
Title
The golden age shtetl : a new history of Jewish life in East Europe / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern.
Publisher
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibligraphical references and (pages 361-415) and index.
Research Call Number
*PXK 14-236
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