{"product_id":"yiddish-transformed-reading-habits-in-the-russian-empire-1860-1914-9781800739666","title":"Yiddish Transformed: Reading Habits in the Russian Empire, 1860-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 (\u003cem\u003eZhargon\u003c\/em\u003e) began to gain recognition as a central part of the Jewish cultural stage. \u003cem\u003eYiddish Transformed\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNathan Cohen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor and director of the Center for Yiddish Studies at Bar Ilan University, Israel, and associated editor of \u003cem\u003eYad Vashem Studies\u003c\/em\u003e. His research focuses on East European Jewish cultural history in the 19th and 20th centuries, Yiddish book history and history of reading, and modern Yiddish literature. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBooks, Writers and Newspapers: The Jewish Cultural Center in Warsaw, 1918-1942\u003c\/em\u003e (Magnes Press, 2003), which was published in Hebrew and translated into Polish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50455941185810,"sku":"9781800739666","price":156.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2806d2c-4751-4130-af2c-76b993b2b006.jpg?v=1729897444","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/yiddish-transformed-reading-habits-in-the-russian-empire-1860-1914-9781800739666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}