How they lived [electronic resource] :the everyday lives of Hungarian Jews, 1867-1940 / András Koerner.
By: Koerner, András.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Budapest : Central European University Press, 2015. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789633861486.Subject(s): Jews -- Hungary -- Social conditions -- Pictorial works | Jews -- Hungary -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works | Jews -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | Jews -- Hungary -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works | Hungary -- Ethnic relations -- Pictorial works | Hungary -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 305.892/4043909034 Online resources: Full text available: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The diversity of Hungarian Jewish lifestyles; the three aspects of lifestyles selected for examination; the structure of this book; other characteristics of Hungarian Jewish lifestyles; the group of people, the period, and the geographic entity that are the subject of this book; old photos as records of the way people lived; the advantages and limitations of describing a culture through pictures; the sources of photos -- Historical overview -- Hungarian Jews in the second half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries -- What they looked like -- Where they lived -- Where they worked -- Epilogue.
"This book consists of historical photographs and related text documenting the physical aspects of the lives of Hungarian Jews in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the way they looked, the kind of neighborhoods and apartments they lived in, and the places where they worked"--Provided by publisher.
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