Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland

by Glenn Dynner

Book Overview

Awarded Honorable Mention for the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award

In nineteenth-century Eastern Europe, the Jewish-run tavern was often the center of leisure, hospitality, business, and even religious festivities. This unusual situation came about because the nobles who owned taverns throughout the formerly Polish lands believed that only Jews were sober enough to run taverns profitably, a belief so ingrained as to endure even...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190204141
• ISBN13: 9780190204143
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.1"