ییدیش متحول شده: عادات خواندن در امپراتوری روسیه، ۱۸۶۰-۱۹۱۴

As significant economic, social, political, and cultural transformations swept the Jewish population of Tsarist Russia and Congress Poland between 1860 and 1914, the Yiddish language (__Zhargon__) began to gain recognition as a central part of the Jewish cultural stage. __Yiddish Transformed__ examines the secular reading habits of East-European Jews as the Jewish community began shifting to a modern society. Author Nathan Cohen explores Jewish reading practices alongside the rise of Yiddish by delving into publishing policies of Yiddish books and newspapers, popular literary genres of the time, the development of Jewish public libraries, as well as personal reflections of reading experiences. Contents 5 List of Illustrations 8 Preface 11 Introduction 17 Chapter 1. Changing Times, New Activities, Fresh Content 61 Chapter 2. The Fleeting and the Long-Lasting: Newspapers and Books 159 Chapter 3. New on the Shelf: Crime and Detective Stories 238 Chapter 4. Discovering a New World: The Reading Experience in Yiddish Life Stories 264 Chapter 5. Libraries, Books, and Readers 304 Conclusion 385 Bibliography 390 Index 413