... philanthropy, produce such dramatic results. It observers that unlike their counterparts in Central Europe, Jewish students in the Russian Empire typically found themselves in a remarkably open, egalitarian student milieu. It notes that by the 1880s, the rising number of secularly educated Jews had begun...

...This chapter deals with the crossing of visible and invisible boundaries in the Russian Empire during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It notes that its subject is the encounter between Jews and Russians, the dynamics of Jewish integration into Russian society, and the various roles...

...This chapter shows that Heller's curse did find its way into the Maiden of Ludmir's story. Hannah Rochel was born during a period of intense crisis for Jews throughout the Russian Empire. There are two basic versions of the events leading up to her birth, both involving the intervention...

.... It also treats Julfan settlements in northwestern Europe, such as in Amsterdam and London, as well as the important settlements across the Russian Empire to the north. Europe northern demand for silk in identity Julfan and Armenian nationalism Mediterranean commenda contracts in merchant communities...

... of various imperial impositions and colonial situations. The Chinese and Russian empires, for example, dramatically altered shamanic geography, restricting freedom of movement in ways that directly affected spiritual mobility. In competitions over sacred geography and sacred resources, the Chinese...