Stepchildren of the shtetl: the destitute, disabled, and mad of Jewish Eastern Europe, 1800-1939
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. JEWISH MARGINAL PEOPLE IN PREMODERN EUROPE -- CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS -- CHAPTER 3. "A PILE OF DUST AND RUBBLE" -- CHAPTER 4. THE CHOLERA WEDDING --...