Yiddish : a nation of words /
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| Author / Creator: | Weinstein, Miriam, 1946- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | South Royalton Vermont : Steerforth Press, c2001. |
| Description: | xiii, 303 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Yiddish language -- History. Jews -- Civilization. Jews -- Civilization. Yiddish language. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4510458 |
Table of Contents:
- Timeline
- Cast of Characters
- A Note on Yiddish Spelling
- Map of Yiddish Lands
- Introduction: Talking Jewish
- Part 1.. Birth and Growth
- Chapter 1.. Long as the Jewish Exile
- Chapter 2.. Poland: Rest Here
- Chapter 3.. Shtetl: A Separate World
- Chapter 4.. Enlightenment and Hasidism: The Head and the Heart
- Part 2.. The Modern Era
- Chapter 5.. Eastern Europe: Opening the Gates
- Chapter 6.. The Road to Czernowitz: The Politics of Language
- Chapter 7.. Russia: Kissed by a Thief
- Chapter 8.. The Soviet Union: Marching and Singing to Birobidzhan
- Chapter 9.. Israel: Language Wars in the Holy Land
- Chapter 10.. America: The Golden Land
- Chapter 11.. Poland: Drinking in the World
- Chapter 12.. Eastern Europe: Language as History
- Part 3.. Annihilation
- Chapter 13.. Singing in the Face of Death
- Part 4.. Aftermath
- Chapter 14.. Europe: Life from the Ashes
- Chapter 15.. America: Golden Land, Goyish Land
- Chapter 16.. Russia: The Heartthrob Yiddish Poet
- Chapter 17.. Israel: A New Nation, a New Tongue
- Part 5.. Present and Future
- Chapter 18.. Europe and Israel: Bulletins from Now
- Chapter 19.. America: Preserving Tomorrow's Song
- Glossary
- Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Index