Glenn Dynner

Yankel's Tavern

Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland

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Produktbeschreibung

In Yankel's Tavern, Glenn Dynner investigates the role of Jews in tavern-keeping in the Kingdom of Poland between 1815 and the uprising of 1863-4 and its aftermath.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 171mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780190204143
• ISBN-10: 0190204141
• Artikelnr.: 47863591

Autorenporträt

Glenn Dynner is Professor of Jewish Studies at Sarah Lawrence College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Author's Preface
* A Note on Translations
* Introduction
* Chapter 1: Entrance: Myths and Countermyths
* Chapter 2: Rural Jewish Prohibition in the Kingdom of Poland
* Chapter 3: The Urban Jewish Liquor Trade in the Kingdom of Poland
* Chapter 4: Patriots, Smugglers and Spies: Tavernkeepers during the
Polish Uprisings of 1830 and 1863
* Chapter 5: The Tavernkeepers Speak: Polish Jewish Tavernkeeping in
the Wake of Peasant Emancipation
* Chapter 6: Farmers, Soldiers, and Students: Attempts to Transform
Jewish Tavernkeepers
* Conclusion
* Notes
* Bibliography
* Index