Veidlinger, Jeffrey,  1971- <br/><br/>
Jewish public culture in the late Russian empire  [electronic resource] / 
Jeffrey Veidlinger. 
 - Bloomington ;  Indianapolis :  Indiana University Press,  c2009. 
 - xviii, 382 p. :  ill., maps. 
 - The modern Jewish experience .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Jewish public culture -- The Jews of this world -- Libraries: from the study hall to the public library -- Reading: from sacred duty to leisure time -- Literary societies: the culture of language and the language of culture -- Cultural performance: the people of the book and the spoken word -- Theater: the professionalization of performance -- Musical and dramatic societies: amateur performers and audiences -- The Jewish historical and ethnographic society: collecting the Jewish past -- Public history: imagining Russian Jews -- Conclusion: this world and the next. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews--Intellectual life.--Russia
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS135.R9  / V43 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.892/404709034