| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
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Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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, Jewish backwardness, and the specter of the Jewish idler -- Madness and the mad : from family burden to national affliction -- "We singing Jews, we Jews possessed" : the Jewish outcast as national icon. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
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Jews. |
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Eastern Europe. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Marginality, Social -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
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Marginality, Social. |
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History. |
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Poor -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
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Poor. |
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Mentally ill -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
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Mentally ill. |
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People with disabilities -- Europe, Eastern -- History.
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People with disabilities. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meir, Natan M.. Stepchildren of the shtetl Stanford : Stanford University Press, 2020. 9781503611832 (DLC) 2020004504 |
| ISBN |
9781503613065 electronic book |
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1503613062 electronic book |
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9781503611832 hardcover |
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9781503613058 paperback |
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