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Yiddish : a nation of words / Miriam Weinstein.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weinstein, Miriam.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yiddish language--History.
- Yiddish language.
- History.
- Jews--Civilization.
- Jews.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 303 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Ballantine books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- The first popular history of the Yiddish language is an engaging, lively, and accessible book that "reads like a folktale peppered with passionate characters" ("The Boston Globe"). 18-page photo insert.
- Contents:
- A Note on Yiddish Spelling
- Map of Yiddish Lands
- Introduction: Talking Jewish
- Pt. 1. Birth and Growth
- Ch. 1. Long as the Jewish Exile
- Ch. 2. Poland: Rest Here
- Ch. 3. Shtetl: A Separate World
- Ch. 4. Enlightenment and Hasidism: The Head and the Heart
- Pt. 2. The Modern Era
- Ch. 5. Eastern Europe: Opening the Gates
- Ch. 6. The Road to Czernowitz: The Politics of Language
- Ch. 7. Russia: Kissed by a Thief
- Ch. 8. The Soviet Union: Marching and Singing to Birobidzhan
- Ch. 9. Israel: Language Wars in the Holy Land
- Ch. 10. America: The Golden Land
- Ch. 11. Poland: Drinking in the World
- Ch. 12. Eastern Europe: Language as History
- Pt. 3. Annihilation
- Ch. 13. Singing in the Face of Death
- Pt. 4. Aftermath
- Ch. 14. Europe: Life from the Ashes
- Ch. 15. America: Golden Land, Goyish Land
- Ch. 16. Russia: The Heartthrob Yiddish Poet
- Ch. 17. Israel: A New Nation, a New Tongue
- Pt. 5. Present and Future
- Ch. 18. Europe and Israel: Bulletins from Now
- Ch. 19. America: Preserving Tomorrow's Song.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Yiddish Language and Culture, Winner, 2001
- ISBN:
- 0345447301
- 9780345447302
- OCLC:
- 50566485
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