The rise of modern Yiddish culture /
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| Author / Creator: | Fishman, David E., 1957- |
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| Imprint: | Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2005. |
| Description: | x, 190 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pitt series in Russian and East European studies |
| Subject: | Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 19th century. Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century. Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern. Yiddish language -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern. Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Intellectual life. Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government. Yiddishists -- Europe, Eastern. Jews -- Intellectual life. Jews -- Politics and government. Yiddish language. Yiddish language -- Political aspects. Yiddish language -- Social aspects. Yiddishists. Europe, Eastern. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5789923 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview
- 2. The politics of Yiddish
- 3. Language and revolution : Hevrat Mefitse Haskalah in 1905
- 4. The Bund's contribution
- 5. Reinventing community
- 6. New trends in interwar Yiddish culture
- 7. The Judaism of secular Yiddishists
- 8. Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary
- 9. Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO
- 10. Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna.
