importance of demography and patterns of settlement for an understanding of the Jewish experience in East-Central Europe
TitoloThe importance of demography and patterns of settlement for an understanding of the Jewish experience in East-Central Europe
Autore
Call number947.004924/0023
Numero oggetto02344a
Luogo di pubblicazioneNew York, New York, United States
EditoreNew York University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2007
Paginazionepp29-38
MaterialeArticle
SerieElie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies series
ISBN9780814748015
NotesArticle from the book 'The shtetl: new evaluations' pp29-38
Descrizione
By the mid 18th centruty, more than 70% of the Polish Jewish population lived in the eastern half of the Polish-Lithuanian commomwealth (today's eastern Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania). These shtetlekh reflected an emerging socio-economic microsphere that brought together Jews and peasants.