Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 /...
Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 /...
Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 / Natan M. Meir.
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Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
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G 2021/0475
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- Jewish marginal people in premodern Europe -- Blind beggars and orphan recruits: the Russian state, the kahal, and marginal Jews in the early nineteenth century -- "A pile of dust and rubble": poorhouses, real and imaginary -- The cholera wedding -- A "republic of beggars"? Charity,...
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Publisher
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2020]
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"Stepchildren of the Shtetl considers marginal peoples in East European Jewish society and culture--the disabled, mentally ill, and indigent--and how stereotypes and self-perceptions of Jewish marginality have in turn shaped modern Jewish culture, society, and politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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Stepchildren of the shtetl : the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939 / Natan M. Meir.
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Destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-329) and index.
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G 2021/0475
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74VKaRZzMExZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaRZzMExZ
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ISBN
1503611833
9781503611832
DDC
305.569089924047
MMS ID
991024389468902626
