Title The rise of modern Yiddish culture / David E. Fishman

Published Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005 ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 190 pages) Series Pitt series in Russian and East European studies Series in Russian and East European studies University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions PPiU University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections PPiU Contents The rise of modern Yiddish culture : an overview -- The politics of Yiddish -- Language and revolution : Hevrat mefitse haskalah in 1905 -- The Bund's contribution -- Reinventing community -- New trends in interwar Yiddish culture -- The Judaism of secular Yiddishists -- Commemoration and cultural conflict : the Vilna Gaon's bicentennary -- Max Weinreich and the development of YIVO -- Embers plucked from the fire : the rescue of Jewish cultural treasures in Vilna Summary "The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture explores the transformation of Yiddish from a low-status vernacular to the medium of a complex modern culture, and examines the efforts of east European Jews to establish their linguistic distinctiveness as part of their struggle for national survival in the diaspora."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 19th century Yiddish language -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Europe, Eastern Yiddish language -- Political aspects -- Europe, Eastern Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Intellectual life Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Politics and government Yiddishists -- Europe, Eastern FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other) HISTORY -- General. Jews -- Intellectual life Jews -- Politics and government Yiddish language Yiddish language -- Political aspects Yiddish language -- Social aspects Yiddishists Intellektueller Jiddisch Kultur Jiddistik Jiddisch. Joden. Cultuur. Język jidysz -- socjologia -- 19-20 w. Mniejszości narodowe -- kultura -- socjologia -- Polska -- 1918-1939 r. Mniejszości narodowe -- kultura -- socjologia -- Rosja -- 19-20 w. Żydzi -- kultura -- socjologia -- Polska -- 1918-1939 r. Żydzi -- kultura -- socjologia -- Rosja -- 19-20 w. Eastern Europe Osteuropa Juden. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780822973799 0822973790 9780822958901 0822958902 9780822972853 0822972859

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