RUSSIA'S FIRST MODERN JEWS: THE JEWS OF SHKLOV
New York; New York University Press, 1995. Item #32391
Publishers cloth. 8vo. Xiii, 195 pages. 24 cm. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by author on front free end page. Four leaves of black and white photographs, as well as reproductions of paintings and documents. “This book focuses on the social and intellectual odysseys of merchants, maskilim, and rabbis, and their varied attempts to combine Judaism and European culture. David Fishman here chronicles the remarkable story of these first modern Jews of Russia. ” (Dust jacket) Subjects: Jews -- Belarus -- Shklou -- Intellectual life. Haskalah -- Belarus -- Shklou -- History -- 18th century. Condition. (EE-6-4).
Price: $100.00