Historical Implications of Jewish Surnames in the Old Kingdom of Romania /

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Linguistic and semantic features in names--and surnames in particular--reveal evidence of historical phenomena, such as migrations, occupational structure, and acculturation. In this book, Alexander Avram assembles and analyzes a corpus of more than 28,000 surnames, including phonetic and graphic va...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Avram, Alexander, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Names, Personal > Jewish.
Jews.
RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Jews > Romania > History.
Names, Personal > Jewish > Romania > History.
Romania.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • COVER Front
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Historical Background
  • Chapter 2: Methodological Approach
  • Chapter 3: Antiquity of Early Jewish Settlement Through the Prism of Surnames
  • Chapter 4: Demographic Aspects: Rural and Urban Settlement
  • Internal Migrations
  • Chapter 5: Socio- economic Profile of the Jewish Population
  • Chapter 6: Jewish Identity as Reflected in Romanian Surnames: From Traditional Separation to Integration
  • Chapter 7: The Romanian Authorities' Attitude: From Invited Settlers to Undesired Subjects
  • Chapter 8: A Case Study: Jewish Intellectuals and Romanian and Romanized Surnames
  • Chapter 9: A Different Group: The Sephardim in the Old Kingdom
  • Bibliography

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