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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781605003321

Autore

Trachtenberg Barry

Titolo

The revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917 [[electronic resource] /] / Barry Trachtenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New YorK, : Syracuse University Press, c2008

ISBN

0-8156-5136-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art

Disciplina

439/.1

Soggetti

Yiddish language - Russia - History - 20th century

Yiddish language - Social aspects - Russia

Jews - Russia - Intellectual life - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Yiddish as instrument and ideology -- The Jewish revolution of 1905 -- From jargon to visnshaft -- Shmuel Niger and the making of Yiddish high culture -- Ber Borochov: science in service of the revolution -- Nokhem Shtif: a contrarian's Yiddishism.