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How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish

By
Ilan Stavans
Ilan Stavans(Editor),
Josh Lambert
Josh Lambert(Editor)
2020

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14 books

Abandoned

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City of Bones
Sister Citizen
Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment
The Unquiet Dead
The Book of Israela
Yiddish Civilisation
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

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146 books

American Studies

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Fat Shame
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America
The Second Founding
Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy

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161 books

Linguistics

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How Dead Languages Work
Forbidden Words
Grammar and Gender
Language Myths
What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

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15 books

Yiddish

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If You Can't Say Anything Nice, Say It in Yiddish
The Rise of Modern Yiddish Culture
On The Roof: A look inside Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish
The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews
All Together Different: Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism
Basic Yiddish