Title: The rise of modern Yiddish culture
First published: 2005
Description: "The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture explores the transformation of Yiddish from a low-status vernacular to the medium of a complex modern culture, and examines the efforts of east European Jews to establish their linguistic distinctiveness as part of their struggle for national survival in the diaspora."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, Intellectual life, Jews, Political aspects, Political aspects of Yiddish language, Politics and government, Social aspects, Social aspects of Yiddish language, Yiddish language, Yiddishists, Jews, europe, Jews, intellectual life, Jews, politics and government, Jiddisch, Joden, Cultuur
Places: Eastern Europe
Time periods: 19th century, 20th century
LC classification: PJ5113 .F56 2005