Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary: A Reprint of the 1928 Expanded Second Edition - Hardcover

Harkavy, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300108397 ISBN 13: 9780300108392

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

In this survey of U.S. history, John Kane looks at the tensions between American virtue and power and how those tensions have influenced foreign policy. Americans have long been suspicious of power as a threat to individual liberty, Kane argues, and yet the growth of national power has been perceived as a natural byproduct of American virtue. This contradiction has posed a persistent crisis that has influenced the trajectory of American diplomacy and foreign relations for more than two hundred years. Kane examines the various challenges, including emerging Nationalism, isolationism, and burgeoning American power, which have at times challenged not only foreign policy but American national identity. The events of September 11, 2001, rekindled Americans' sense of righteousness, the author observes, but the subsequent use of power in Iraq has raised questions about the nation's virtue and, as in earlier days, cast a deep shadow over its purpose and direction.

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Review:

"Among the most important books . . . in the field of Yiddish."--Ruth Wisse, Professor of Yiddish Literature, Harvard University

--Ruth Wisse

"I could not be more enthusiastic about this project. One cannot read Yiddish literature without Harkavy's 1928 dictionary. Dovid Katz's delightful and balanced introduction . . . is accessible and yet meticulously scholarly."--David Goldberg, Modern Language Association

--David Goldberg

Synopsis:

Alexander Harkavy (1863-1939) is credited with almost single-handedly creating an intellectual environment conducive to Yiddish, and his trilingual dictionary is an indispensable tool for research in Yiddish language and literature. This dictionary has been a classic since it originally appeared in New York in 1925.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300108397
• ISBN 13: 9780300108392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 640