The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe

A major history of the shtetl's golden age The shtetl was home to two-thirds of East Europe's...
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Author: Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
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Language: English
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The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe by Petrovsky-Shtern, Yohanan

The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe

¥5,625

The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe

¥5,625
Author: Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A major history of the shtetl's golden age

The shtetl was home to two-thirds of East Europe's Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet it has long been one of the most neglected and misunderstood chapters of the Jewish experience. This book provides the first grassroots social, economic, and cultural history of the shtetl. Challenging popular misconceptions of the shtetl as an isolated, ramshackle Jewish village stricken by poverty and pogroms, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern argues that, in its heyday from the 1790s to the 1840s, the shtetl was a thriving Jewish community as vibrant as any in Europe.

Petrovsky-Shtern brings this golden age to life, looking at dozens of shtetls and drawing on a wealth of never-before-used archival material. Illustrated throughout with rare archival photographs and artwork, this nuanced history casts the shtetl in an altogether new light, revealing how its golden age continues to shape the collective memory of the Jewish people today.

Author: Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08/25/2015
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780691168517

About the Author
Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is the Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University.

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