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Author Trachtenberg, Barry.

Title The revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917 / Barry Trachtenberg.

Publication Info. New YorK : Syracuse University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Yiddish as instrument and ideology -- The Jewish revolution of 1905 -- From jargon to visnshaft -- Shmuel Niger and the making of Yiddish high culture -- Ber Borochov: science in service of the revolution -- Nokhem Shtif: a contrarian's Yiddishism.
Summary "The Revolutionary Roots of Modern Yiddish, 1903-1917 investigates the evolution in status of the Yiddish language and three major figures responsible for its transformation."
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Subject Niger, Samuel, 1883-1955.
Niger, Samuel, 1883-1955.
Borochov, Ber, 1881-1917.
Borochov, Ber, 1881-1917.
Shṭif, Naḥum, 1879-1933.
Shṭif, Naḥum, 1879-1933.
Shtif, Nahum, 1879-1933.
Yiddish language -- Russia -- History -- 20th century.
Yiddish language.
Russia.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Russia.
Yiddish language -- Social aspects.
Jews -- Russia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Jews.
Intellectual life.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Trachtenberg, Barry. Revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917. 1st ed. New YorK : Syracuse University Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008031740
ISBN 9780815651369 (electronic book)
0815651368 (electronic book)
9780815631903 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0815631901