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Yiddish Civilisation

- The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
Af: Paul Kriwaczek Engelsk Paperback

Yiddish Civilisation

- The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
Af: Paul Kriwaczek Engelsk Paperback
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A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history

In the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to Poland and Lithuania and finally to western Russia and the Ukraine, becoming steadily less German and more Slav in the process. In its late-medieval heyday the culturally vibrant, economically successful, intellectually adventurous and largely self-ruling Yiddish society stretched from Riga on the Baltic down to Odessa on the Black Sea.

In the 1650s the Chmielnicki Massacres in the Ukraine by the Cossacks killed 100,000 Jews, forcing those that were left to spread out into the small towns (shtetls) and villages. The break-up of Poland-Lithuania - a safe haven for Jews in previous centuries - in the late 18th century further disrupted Yiddish society, as did the Russian anti-Jewish pogroms from the 1880s onwards, at the very time when Yiddish was producing a rich stream of plays, poems and novels.

Paul Kriwaczek describes the development, over the centuries, of Yiddish language, religion, occupations and social life, art, music and literature. The book ends by describing how the Yiddish way of life became one of the foundation stones of modern American, and therefore of world, culture.

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A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history

In the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to Poland and Lithuania and finally to western Russia and the Ukraine, becoming steadily less German and more Slav in the process. In its late-medieval heyday the culturally vibrant, economically successful, intellectually adventurous and largely self-ruling Yiddish society stretched from Riga on the Baltic down to Odessa on the Black Sea.

In the 1650s the Chmielnicki Massacres in the Ukraine by the Cossacks killed 100,000 Jews, forcing those that were left to spread out into the small towns (shtetls) and villages. The break-up of Poland-Lithuania - a safe haven for Jews in previous centuries - in the late 18th century further disrupted Yiddish society, as did the Russian anti-Jewish pogroms from the 1880s onwards, at the very time when Yiddish was producing a rich stream of plays, poems and novels.

Paul Kriwaczek describes the development, over the centuries, of Yiddish language, religion, occupations and social life, art, music and literature. The book ends by describing how the Yiddish way of life became one of the foundation stones of modern American, and therefore of world, culture.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780753819036
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0753819031
Udg. Dato: 1 jun 2006
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Orion Publishing Co
Oplagsdato: 1 jun 2006
Forfatter(e): Paul Kriwaczek
Forfatter(e) Paul Kriwaczek


Kategori Social- & Kulturhistorie


ISBN-13 9780753819036


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 25mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 1 jun 2006


Oplagsdato 1 jun 2006


Forlag Orion Publishing Co

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