TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - The YIVO encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
A2  - Hundert, Gershon David
LA  - eng
PP  - New Haven ; London
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2008
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2224522
AB  - This unprecedented reference work systematically represents the history and culture of Eastern European Jews from their first settlement in the region to the present day. More than 1,800 alphabetical entries encompass a vast range of topics, including religion, folklore, politics, art, music, theatre, language and literature, places, organizations, intellectual movements, and important figures. The two-volume set also features more than 1,000 illustrations and 55 maps.With original and up-to-date contributions from an international team of 450 distinguished scholars, the Encyclopedia covers the region between Germany and the Ural Mountains, from which more than 2.5 million Jews emigrated to the United States between 1870 and 1920. Even today the majority of Jewish immigrants to North America arrive from Eastern Europe. Engaging, wide-ranging, and authoritative, this work is a rich and essential reference for readers with interests in Jewish studies and Eastern European history and culture.The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the history and culture of Ashkenazi Jewry and to its influence in the Americas. It is the world's preeminent resource centre for East European Jewish Studies; Yiddish language, literature, and folklore; the Holocaust; and the American Jewish immigrant experience.
SN  - 0300119038 set
SN  - 9780300119039 set
KW  - Jews : Europe, Eastern : History : Encyclopedias.
KW  - historia
KW  - juutalaiset
KW  - juutalaisuus
KW  - kulttuuri
KW  - Europe, Eastern : Ethnic relations.
KW  - Itä-Eurooppa
ER  -