by StevenT.Katz (Editor)
Dating from the sixteenth century, there were hundreds of shtetls - Jewish settlements - in Eastern Europe that were home to a large and compact population that differed from their gentile, mostly peasant neighbors in religion, occupation, language, and culture. This volume takes a look at this most important facet of East European Jewish life.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 15 Dec 2006
ISBN 10: 0814748015
ISBN 13: 9780814748015