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The shtetl: myth and reality

By Antony Polonsky

Book information

Publisher
Littman Library Of Jewish Civilization
Year
2009
ISBN
9781874774754, 9781874774761, 9781909821682
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
129 MB (135254107 bytes)
Series
Polin
Pages
504\500
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-15 03:57:58

Description

The majority of Polish Jews always lived in the villages and small towns known as shtetls. Much of what we know of life in the shtetls comes from literary accounts rather than from historical research. This volume redresses that imbalance, with leading experts investigating the social and economic history of the shtetl as well as the way in which shtetl life has been reflected in Hebrew, Polish, and Yiddish literature.

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