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Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
Paul Kriwaczek
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Description for Yiddish Civilisation: The Rise and Fall of a Forgotten Nation
Paperback. A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history Num Pages: 368 pages, 16, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
A portrait of a civilisation which flourished within living memory and left an indelible mark on history
In the 13th century Yiddish language and culture began to spread from the Rhineland and Bavaria slowly east into Austria, Bohemia and Moravia, then to Poland and Lithuania and finally to western Russia and the Ukraine, becoming steadily less German and more Slav in the process. In its late-medieval heyday the culturally vibrant, economically successful, intellectually adventurous and largely self-ruling Yiddish society stretched from Riga on the Baltic down to Odessa on the Black Sea.
In the 1650s the Chmielnicki Massacres ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
297g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753819036
SKU
V9780753819036
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99-99
About Paul Kriwaczek
Paul Kriwaczek was born in Vienna in 1937. He grew up in north-west London, where the Yiddish language and culture were still strong among his friends' parents. In London he trained as a dentist, and spent a decade working in Iran and Afghanistan. From there he travelled extensively in Asia and Africa before developing a career in broadcasting and journalism. ... Read more
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