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Actions Displays	Jews in the cities of the republic of Poland Remove from selection Add to selection TitleThe Jews in the cities of the republic of Poland Author Jacob Lestchinsky Call number947.004924/0012 Object number03625D Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States PublisherNorthwestern University Press, Yivo Institute for Jewish Research Year of publication 1946,1990 Physical descriptionpp103-124 MaterialArticle ISBN081010847X NotesArticle from the book 'East European Jews in Two Worlds' edited by Deborah Dash Moore pp103-124 Description This article examines the growth of population and its distribution according to regions and peoples in the Republic of Poland from 1870 - 1931, the period of most intensive capitalist development. Initially the general rate of urbanization was low, but the percentage of Jews living in metropolitan areas was higher than that of non-Jews. However, in the last years of the Republic the percentage of Poles in the urban population rose rapidly compared to that of Jews, so the percentage of Jews within the metropolitan population declined.

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Jews in the cities of the republic of Poland

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TitleThe Jews in the cities of the republic of Poland

Author

Jacob Lestchinsky

Call number947.004924/0012

Object number03625D

Place of publicationEvanston, Illinois, United States

PublisherNorthwestern University Press, Yivo Institute for Jewish Research

Year of publication

1946,1990

Physical descriptionpp103-124

MaterialArticle

ISBN081010847X

NotesArticle from the book 'East European Jews in Two Worlds' edited by Deborah Dash Moore pp103-124

Description

This article examines the growth of population and its distribution according to regions and peoples in the Republic of Poland from 1870 - 1931, the period of most intensive capitalist development. Initially the general rate of urbanization was low, but the percentage of Jews living in metropolitan areas was higher than that of non-Jews. However, in the last years of the Republic the percentage of Poles in the urban population rose rapidly compared to that of Jews, so the percentage of Jews within the metropolitan population declined.

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