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Odessa memories

Title: Odessa memories / edited by Nicolas V. Iljine ; essay by Patricia Herlihy ; contributions by Bel Kaufman, Oleg Gubar and Alexander Rozenboim.
Publication: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2003], ©2003.

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lv, 143 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 22 x 27 cm

Summary

"In this album of pre-1917 Odessa, Nicolas Iljine has assembled a wealth of old postcards, rare photographs and illustrations from private archives, colorful posters and advertisements, and materials from the Russian National Library that have never before been published, to recapture a lost time in the life of one of the world's great romantic cities. Historian Patricia Herlihy's essay paints textured historical tableaux of Odessa's nightlife and resorts, its theaters and criminal underworld, its schools and industries, and, not least of all, the synagogues, philanthropic societies, and organizations for defense against pogroms that were such a large part of Jewish life in old Odessa. Her portrait brings to life the city as experienced by such luminaries as Isaac Babel, Sholem Aleichem, and Vladimir Jabotinski."
"Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world."--Jacket.
"In this album of pre-1917 Odessa , Nicolas Iljine has assembled a wealth of old postcards, rare photographs and illustrations from private archives, colorful posters and advertisements, and materials from the Russian National Library that have never before been published, to recapture a lost time in the life of one of the world's great romantic cities. Historian Patricia Herlihy's essay paints textured historical tableaux of Odessa's nightlife and resorts, its theaters and criminal underworld, its schools and industries, and, not least of all, the synagogues, philanthropic societies, and organizations for defense against pograms that were such a large part of Jewish life in old Odessa. Her portrait brings to life the city as experienced by such luminaries as Isaac Babel, Sholem Aleichem, and Vladimir Jabotinski." "Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.

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Bildband.
History.

Note

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum book."

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133) and index.

Contents

My Odessa / Bel Kaufman -- Odessa memories / Patricia Herlihy -- Daily life in Odessa / Oleg Gubar, Alexander Rozenboim ; translated by Antonina W. Bouis.

ISBN

0295983450
9780295983455

LCCN

2003055242

OCLC

ocm52430870
52430870
SCSB-14087094

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Columbia University Libraries