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The Golden Age Shtetl: A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe
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INTRODUCTION What's in a Name? 1 CHAPTER ONE Russia Discovers Its Shtetl 29 CHAPTER TWO Lawless Freedom 57 CHAPTER THREE Fair Trade 91 CHAPTER FOUR The Right to Drink 121 CHAPTER FIVE A Violent Dignity 151 CHAPTER SIX Crime, Punishment, and a Promise of Justice 181 CHAPTER SEVEN Family Matters 213 CHAPTER EIGHT Open House 243 CHAPTER NINE If I Forget Thee 273 CHAPTER TEN The Books of the People 305 CONCLUSION The End of the Golden Age 341 Abbreviations 357 Notes 361 Acknowledgments 417 Index 421
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- Petrovsky-Shtern, Y.
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- Princeton University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2015-12-31
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Soviet and Russian History
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Jewish Identity and Society
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Keywords
- shtetl, Jewish community, Jewish history, Jewish culture, Jewish law, Jewish family life, Jewish education, Jewish literature, Russian Empire
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