The Jewish Dark Continent

Life and Death in the Russian Pale of Settlement

Nathaniel Deutsch

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$41.50 • £33.95 • €37.50

ISBN 9780674047280

Publication Date: 11/29/2011

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 map

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Nathaniel Deutsch is Professor of Literature and History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Awards & Accolades

2013 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore Category, Association for Jewish Studies

A Jewish Ideas Daily Best Jewish Book of 2011

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