| Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906 Contributor(s): Schainker, Ellie R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804798281 ISBN-13: 9780804798280 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Jewish - General - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 248.246 |
| LCCN: 2016030140 |
| Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Confessions of the Shtetl explores Jewish conversions to a variety of Christian confessions in the Russian empire, with special attention to the relations of trust and attraction between Jews and Christians that facilitated religious conversions in the provincial heartland of Jewish Eastern Europe. |