{"product_id":"yiddish-transformed-reading-habits-in-the-russian-empire-1860-1914-9781800739666","title":"Yiddish Transformed: Reading Habits in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAs significant economic, social, political, and cultural transformations swept the Jewish population of Tsarist Russia and Congress Poland between 1860 and 1914, the Yiddish language (\u003cem\u003eZhargon\u003c\/em\u003e) began to gain recognition as a central part of the Jewish cultural stage. \u003cem\u003eYiddish Transformed\u003c\/em\u003e examines the secular reading habits of East-European Jews as the Jewish community began shifting to a modern society. Author Nathan Cohen explores Jewish reading practices alongside the rise of Yiddish by delving into publishing policies of Yiddish books and newspapers, popular literary genres of the time, the development of Jewish public libraries, as well as personal reflections of reading experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reader, the Book, and the Library\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tReading and Readers in the Russian Empire\u003cbr\u003e \tReading and Readers in Congress Poland\u003cbr\u003e \tReading and Readers in the Changing Jewish Surroundings\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Library as a Literary Agent in Russia and Poland\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Library as a Cultural Agent in the Jewish Surroundings\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eDeveloping Changes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tFrom “Zhargon” to Yiddish\u003cbr\u003e \tRising Numbers and Changing Content\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. Changing Times, New Activities, Fresh Content\u003cbr\u003e \tLooking to the Masses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tHistorical-Demographic and Linguistic Background\u003cbr\u003e \tFirst Steps Towards a Different Reading Experience\u003cbr\u003e \tConservative Reactions to Contemporary Cultural Changes\u003cbr\u003e \tLet the Masses Read in Their Language!\u003cbr\u003e \tA One-Man Enterprise: Avrom Kotik\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book as Teacher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tPopular Science and Public Health\u003cbr\u003e \tForeign Language Instruction\u003cbr\u003e \tProfessional Guidance and Ways to Get Rich Quick\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. The Fleeting and the Long-lasting: Newspapers and Books\u003cbr\u003e \tNewspapers and Readers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Daily Press\u003cbr\u003e \tPolitical Newspapers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePublishing and Publishers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tWarsaw: Printers, Publishers, and Booksellers until 1900\u003cbr\u003e \tY. L. Peretz as a Publisher\u003cbr\u003e \tSocialist Publishing\u003cbr\u003e \tModern Commercial Publishing (after 1900)\u003cbr\u003e \tSeries – Bibliotekn\u003cbr\u003e \tImpressions of Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e \tVilna: Lineage and Prestige\u003cbr\u003e \tKiev: A Young and Vibrant Center\u003cbr\u003e \tOdessa: A Peripheral Metropolis\u003cbr\u003e \tSt. Petersburg: Yiddish in the Capital City\u003cbr\u003e \tAttempts at Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Future of Yiddish Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. New on the Shelf – Crime and Detective Stories\u003cbr\u003e \tCrime Stories for the Masses\u003cbr\u003e \tImported and Translated Detective Stories\u003cbr\u003e \tCrime Literature in the Eyes of Contemporary Critics\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Discovering a New World―The Reading Experience in Yiddish Life Stories\u003cbr\u003e \tSources of Inspiration\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Encounter with the Book\u003cbr\u003e \tGenre Preferences\u003cbr\u003e \tLinguistic Preferences and Preferred Authors\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Reading Experience and the Choice of Yiddish\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Place of Yiddish among Female Readers\u003cbr\u003e \tConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLibraries, Books, and Readers\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Library as an Educational Agent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Importance and Necessity of a Library\u003cbr\u003e \tMeeting Places for Scholars in Vilna and Warsaw\u003cbr\u003e \tOdessa: A Large Library in the Port City\u003cbr\u003e \tPoltava: A New Southern Library\u003cbr\u003e \tKiev: Yiddish on the Rise\u003cbr\u003e \tMinsk: The Transformation of a Library\u003cbr\u003e \tOther Libraries\u003cbr\u003e \tJewish Readers in General Libraries\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Was Read Outside the Library?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eThe Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment among the Jews of Russia (OPE)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tThe Society, Yiddish, and Library Awareness\u003cbr\u003e \tPublic Libraries: Where, How Many, and How?\u003cbr\u003e \tWhat Do People Read and How Much? Supply and Demand\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eLiteracy and Yiddish in Other Cultural Institutions\u003cbr\u003e \tIn the Russian Arena: The All-Russian Library Conference and Its Implications for the Jewish Libraries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042755379543,"sku":"9781800739666","price":118.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781800739666.jpg?v=1750955485","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/yiddish-transformed-reading-habits-in-the-russian-empire-1860-1914-9781800739666","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}