The Golden Age Shtetl : A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe Hardcover - 2014
by Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan
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- Title The Golden Age Shtetl : A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe
- Author Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition.
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2014-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4758664-6
- ISBN 9780691160740 / 0691160740
- Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 9.52 x 6.43 x 1.21 in (24.18 x 16.33 x 3.07 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Russian
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress subjects Jews - Europe, Eastern - Social life and, Shtetls - Europe, Eastern - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013945451
- Dewey Decimal Code 947.000
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From the rear cover
"This book ushers in the golden age of shtetl scholarship. Challenging the homogenized and sanitized images of East European Jewry that followed its near obliteration, Petrovsky-Shtern combs the archives to reveal how the Jews who lived in these market towns enjoyed great opportunities amid the political tensions between Poland and Russia. A book to be grateful for."--Ruth R. Wisse, author of No Joke: Making Jewish Humor
"The Golden Age Shtetl turns upside down the nostalgic image of the shtetl as a decaying Jewish village, presenting the historical shtetl as a place where Jews enjoyed prosperity and stability. Drawing on huge archival evidence, this pathbreaking study challenges our historical mind and provides an innovative account of the Jewish experience in nineteenth-century Russia."--Israel Bartal, author of The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881
"The shtetl, home of most East European Jews for several centuries, has been the subject of endless romantic re-creations in the American Jewish corpus. Finally a serious historian of Russian Jewry gives us a well-documented but still lively and fascinating picture of this lost world. A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the immediate Jewish past."--Art Green, Brandeis University and Hebrew College
"An inspiring and rich study. In this highly innovative book, Petrovsky-Shtern demonstrates how the shtetl in early nineteenth-century Russia constituted a unique context for the unfolding of a proud, resilient, and sustainable Jewish community."--Francois Guesnet, University College London
"The shtetl comes to life in all its complexity, vitality, and beauty in Petrovsky-Shtern's new book. Like an archaeologist who uncovers and brings to light one layer after another of a long-gone civilization, he draws on previously untapped archival sources to reconstruct a crucial part of Jewish history."--Serhii Plokhy, Harvard University
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Citations
- Choice, 01/01/2015, Page 872
- Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal, 05/01/2014, Page 89
- New York Times Book Review, 07/27/2014, Page 15
- Publishers Weekly, 02/03/2014, Page 0
