Winner of the Montreal Jewish Public Library's J. I. Segal Prize
Originally published in 1991. In the eighteenth century, more than half of the world's Jewish population lived in Polish private villages and towns owned by magnate-aristocrats. Furthermore, roughly half of Poland's entire urban population was Jewish. Thus, the study of Jews in private Polish towns is central to both Jewish history and to the history of Poland-Lithuania. The Jews in a Polish Private Town seeks to investigate the social, economic, and political history of Jews in Opatów, a private Polish town, in the context of an increasing power and influence of private towns at the expense of the Polish crown and gentry in the eighteenth century. Hundert recovers an important community from historical obscurity by providing a balanced perspective on the Jewish experience in the Polish Commonwealth and by describing the special dimensions of Jewish life in a private town.
| ISBN: | 9781421436265 |
| Publication date: | 14th January 2020 |
| Author: | Gershon David Hundert |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 262 pages |
| Series: | Hopkins Open Publishing Encore Editions |
| Genres: |
European history Social and cultural history |
Winner of the Montreal Jewish Public Library's J. I. Segal Prize
Originally published in 1991. In the eighteenth century, more than half of the world's Jewish population lived in Polish private villages and towns owned by magnate-aristocrats. Furthermore, roughly half of Poland's entire urban population was Jewish. Thus, the study of Jews in private Polish towns is central to both Jewish history and to the history of Poland-Lithuania. The Jews in a Polish Private Town seeks to investigate the social, economic, and political history of Jews in Opatów, a private Polish town, in the context of an increasing power and influence of private towns at the expense of the Polish crown and gentry in the eighteenth century. Hundert recovers an important community from historical obscurity by providing a balanced perspective on the Jewish experience in the Polish Commonwealth and by describing the special dimensions of Jewish life in a private town.
The Jews in a Polish Private Town features in the following genres: European history, Social and cultural history
The Jews in a Polish Private Town is available in Paperback
The Jews in a Polish Private Town was written by Gershon David Hundert and published by Johns Hopkins University Press
The Jews in a Polish Private Town has 262 pages
Yes it is part of Hopkins Open Publishing Encore Editions series