Memoirs of a grandmother : scenes from the cultural history of the Jews of Russia in the nineteenth century. Volume two /

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Pauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother offers a unique first-person window into traditionalism, modernity, and the tensions linking the two in nineteenth-century Russia. Wengeroff (1833-1916), a perceptive, highly literate social observer, tells a gripping tale of cultural transformation,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wengeroff, Pauline, 1833-1916 (Author)
Other Authors: Magnus, Shulamit S., 1950- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
Subjects:
Wengeroff, Pauline, > 1833-1916.
Jews > Belarus > Minsk > Biography.
Jews > Belarus > Minsk > Social life and customs.
Juifs > Biélorussie > Minsk > Biographies.
Juifs > Biélorussie > Minsk > Mœurs et coutumes.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Jewish.
Jews.
Jews > Social life and customs.
Minsk (Belarus) > Biography.
Belarus > Minsk.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The second period of enlightenment
  • My engagement
  • The bridal year
  • Arrival in Konotop. Wedding
  • Four years in my in-laws' house
  • The transformation
  • Further destinies unfold
  • Alexander II
  • My wise mother said two things
  • Kovno
  • Vilna
  • Helsingfors
  • Petersburg
  • The dangerous operation: reform of the kitchen
  • The third generation
  • My husband's death

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