How they lived : the everyday lives of Hungarian Jews, 1867-1940 / András Koerner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koerner, András, 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Hungary--History--19th century--Pictorial works.

Jews.

Jews--Hungary--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Jews--Hungary--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Jews--Hungary--Social conditions--Pictorial works.

Ethnic relations.

Manners and customs.

Social conditions.

History.

Hungary--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Hungary.

Hungary--Ethnic relations--Pictorial works.

Jews--Social conditions.

Jews--Social life and customs.

Genre:

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

245 pages ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"This book consists of historical photographs and related text documenting the physical aspects of the lives of Hungarian Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the way they looked, the kind of neighborhoods and apartments they lived in, and the places where they worked"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The diversity of Hungarian Jewish lifestyles; the three aspects of lifestyles selected for examination; the structure of this book; other characteristics of Hungarian Jewish lifestyles; the group of people, the period, and the geographic entity that are the subject of this book; old photos as records of the way people lived; the advantages and limitations of describing a culture through pictures; the sources of photos

Historical overview

Hungarian Jews in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries

What they looked like

Where they lived

Where they worked

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789633860021

9633860024

9789633860083

9633860083

OCLC:

908250324