Publication

2005 - University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

47,500 words, Guess

Page Count

190 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • LibraryThing1977605

Classifications

  • DDC439/.10947/09034
  • LCCPJ5113 .F56 2005

Description

"The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture explores the transformation of Yiddish from a low-status vernacular to the medium of a complex modern culture, and examines the efforts of east European Jews to establish their linguistic distinctiveness as part of their struggle for national survival in the diaspora."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

JewsJodenCultuurHistoryJiddischYiddishistsJews, europe

Series Statement

  • Pitt series in Russian and East European studies

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