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Imagined geography: the shtetl, myth and reality
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Imagined geography: the shtetl, myth and reality
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number947.004924/0023
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]02344h
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]New York University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2007
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp179-192
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies series
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780814748015
NotesArticle from the book 'The shtetl: new evaluations' pp179-192
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The shtetl was far from the exclusive Jewish world portayed by many important Jewish writers. The market day would bring together Jews and peasants in a web of ties that were both economic and personal. The shtetlekh became bases for numerous Jews who would fan out to the surrounding villages as carpenter, shoemakers etc.
