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Publishers cloth. 8vo. 161 pages. 23 cm. First edition. Covers the period of the Chmielnicki Massacre and the Thirty Years War, and the movement of impoverished refugees into Western Europe. Moses Avigdor Shulvass (1909-1988) , "scholar and educator. Born in Plonsk, Poland, Shulvass studied in Berlin. He lived in Erez Israel from 1938 to 1948 and then immigrated to the United States, where he eventually became professor of Jewish history at Spertus College of Jewish Studies in Chicago. His publications in many languages include historical studies on Italian Jewry. Of special interest are his books Roma ve-Yerushalayim (â Rome and Jerusalem, ' 1945) ; Hayyei ha-Yehudim be-Italyah bi-Tekufat ha-Renaissance (â Jewish Life in Renaissance Italy, ' 1955) ; and his biographical sketch of Samuel David Luzzatto with documentary supporting material, Pirkei Hayyim (1951) . He also published two volumes of essays on various aspects of Jewish history, Bi-Zevat ha-Dorot (â In the Grip of Generations, ' 1960) and Between the Rhine and Bosphorus (1964) as well as Die Juden in Wuerzburg waehrend des Mittelalters (1934) . He also wrote From East to West (1971) , Jewish Culture in Eastern Europe (1975) , and The History of the Jewish People (1982) . " (EJ 2008) Subjects: Jews - Germany - History - 1096-1800. Jews - Poland - History. Jews - Migrations. Joden. Migratie (demografie) Migration. Geschichte 1600-1800. Very clean and fresh in VG jacket. Very good + condition. (EE-5-37). Seller Inventory # 32343
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Title: FROM EAST TO WEST; THE WESTWARD MIGRATION OF...
Publisher: Detroit; Wayne State University Press
Publication Date: 1971
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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