Physical Description
xx, 208 p. : port. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The impact of industrialization in Tsarist Russia on the socioeconomic conditions of the Jewish population
The urbanization process of the Jews in nineteenth-century Europe
Notes on Jewish entrepreneurship in Tsarist Russia
Economic opportunities and some pilgrims' progress: Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe in the United States, 1890-1914
The first wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States
Jewish life in the United States: Perspectives from economics
Vilna: The sociocultural anatomy of a Jewish community in interwar Poland
Introduction of Czeslaw Milosz
The University of Vilna
A day in the ghetto
Forces for and against Jewish identity in the USSR
Religion and Soviet policy: The case of Judaism
The Soviet Jews.
Other Authors/Editors
Weiss, Roger, 1930-
ISBN
0226422402
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The impact of industrialization in Tsarist Russia on the socioeconomic conditions of the Jewish population -- The urbanization process of the Jews in nineteenth-century Europe -- Notes on Jewish entrepreneurship in Tsarist Russia -- Economic opportunities and some pilgrims' progress: Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe in the United States, 1890-1914 -- The first wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States -- Jewish life in the United States: Perspectives from economics -- Vilna: The sociocultural anatomy of a Jewish community in interwar Poland -- Introduction of Czeslaw Milosz -- The University of Vilna -- A day in the ghetto -- Forces for and against Jewish identity in the USSR -- Religion and Soviet policy: The case of Judaism -- The Soviet Jews.
