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Jews in the East European Borderlands
. Ed(S): Avrutin, Eugene M.; Murav, Harriet
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Hardback. Papers of the international conference held in April 2009 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Editor(s): Avrutin, Eugene M.; Murav, Harriet. Series: Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572.
John Doyle Klier’s pioneering publications on the relations between Jews and the Russian social order—on topics such as public opinion, governance, conversion, Russification politics, antisemitism, and pogroms—have influenced an entire generation of new scholarship. Jews in the East European Borderlands, a collection of essays honoring Klier’s life and work, brings together some of the most innovative scholarship in the field. Focusing on the complex, often violent, entanglements between Jews and Russians, historians and literary scholars critically reassess the artifacts of high culture, including Yiddish and Russian prose and poetry, as well as dimensions of daily life, including letter-writing, diaries, the ... Read more
John Doyle Klier’s pioneering publications on the relations between Jews and the Russian social order—on topics such as public opinion, governance, conversion, Russification politics, antisemitism, and pogroms—have influenced an entire generation of new scholarship. Jews in the East European Borderlands, a collection of essays honoring Klier’s life and work, brings together some of the most innovative scholarship in the field. Focusing on the complex, often violent, entanglements between Jews and Russians, historians and literary scholars critically reassess the artifacts of high culture, including Yiddish and Russian prose and poetry, as well as dimensions of daily life, including letter-writing, diaries, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Series
Borderlines: Russian and East European-Jewish Studies
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781936235599
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V9781936235599
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About . Ed(S): Avrutin, Eugene M.; Murav, Harriet
EUGENE M. AVRUTIN is assistant professor of history and Tobor Scholar in Jewish studies at University of Illinois. VALERII DYMSHITS is assistant professor of Jewish studies and director of the Interdepartmental Center "Petersburg Judaica," European University at St. Petersburg, Russia. ALEXANDER IVANOV is senior researcher at European University. ALEXANDER LVOV is assistant professor of Jewish studies at European University. HARRIET ... Read more
Reviews for Jews in the East European Borderlands
"This volume . . . is a real bonanza for scholars of Russian-Jewish history. The essays are of high quality overall, and the book may serve as a mirror of what is happening now in the field of Russian-Jewish history and literature. . . . Essays such as these help brand the field as more than merely a subfield of ... Read more