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Author	Petrovskiĭ-Shtern, Ĭokhanan.
Title	The golden age shtetl : a new history of Jewish life in East Europe / Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern.
Publication Info.	Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 2	947 P	IN LIBRARY

Description	431 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibligraphical references (pages 361-415) and index.
Contents	What's in a name? -- Russia discovers its shtetl -- Lawless freedom -- Fair trade -- The right to drink -- A violent dignity -- Crime, punishment, and a promise of justice -- Family matters -- Open house -- If I forget thee -- The books of the people -- The end of the Golden Age.
Subject	Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
	Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Social life and customs.
	Shtetls -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
	Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations.
Added Title	New history of Jewish life in East Europe
	Shtetl
ISBN	9780691160740 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0691160740 (cloth : alk. paper)

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