Movable Inn : The Rural Jewish Population of Minsk Guberniya in 1793-1914 / / Judith Kalik

• Autore: Kalik Judith
• Pubblicazione: Warsaw ; ; Berlin : , : De Gruyter Open Poland, , [2018]; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 947.0004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - Europe, Eastern - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Belarus, culture, demography, family structure, genealogy, Jews, landlords,
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Historical Background -- 2 The Legal Position of Rural Jews in the Russian Empire -- 3 The Demographics and Geographic Distribution of Rural Jews -- Appendix 1: Tables to Chapter 3 -- 4 Lords and Masters -- Appendix 2: Tables to Chapter 4 -- 5 Occupational Structure -- 6 Family Structure -- 7 Communal Organization -- Appendix 3: Tables to Chapter 7 -- 8 Cultural and Religious Life -- 9 Jewish Farmers -- 10 The Construction of Railways and the Decline of the Propination System -- 11 Genealogical Perspectives -- 12 Conclusions -- 13 Appendix 4: Maps -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Jews are typically viewed as urban dwellers. However there was a considerable Jewish presence in villages from the very beginning of their settlement in Eastern Europe in the 12th century, up until the Holocaust. The presence of a large Jewish population in villages was, in fact, one of the most distinctive features of East European Jewry. The colourful personality of Jewish leaseholders of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages was often depicted in Polish, Russian and Jewish literature of the 19th century, but the real knowledge about the East European rural Jews beyond the stereotypical view is still at large.The book presents the results of a systematic survey, the first of its kind, on the rural Jews in the Minsk Guberniya, from its establishment as a major administrative unit within the Russian Empire in 1793, to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The present study is based mainly on systematic sources, which produced, for the first time, a full picture of Jewish settlement in the countryside in one particular region of the Russian Empire.
• Titolo autorizzato: Movable Inn
• ISBN: 3-11-057609-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996309084103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno