Yohanan Petrovsky Shtern: 2 books
The Golden Age Shtetl
A New History of Jewish Life in East Europe
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
The shtetl was home to two-thirds of East Europe's Jews in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, yet it has long been one of the most neglected and misunderstood chapters of the Jewish experience. This book provides the first grassroots social, economic, and cultural history of the shtetl. Challenging...
