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2. The birth pangs of the Jewish working class

  • Yankev Leshchinsky (author)
  • Robert Brym (translator)
  • Eli Jany (translator)
Chapter of: The Last Years of Polish Jewry: Volume 1: At the Edge of the Abyss: Essays, 1927–33(pp. 31–44)

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Title2. The birth pangs of the Jewish working class
ContributorYankev Leshchinsky (author)
Robert Brym (translator)
Eli Jany (translator)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0341.02
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0341/chapters/10.11647/obp.0341.02
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightLeshchinsky, Yankev;
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2023-03-08
Long abstractProletarianization was more difficult for Polish Jews than it was for other ethno-religious groups in Poland. Pauperized Christian peasants were hardened by physical labour and inured to subservience. Pauperized Jews, most of them from a background in trade, were less physically and psychologically prepared to become manual workers. Rather than entering factory production in large numbers, pauperized Jews therefore tended to enter artisanal work and cottage industry. However, where Jews became artisans and cottage workers early in the proletarianization process, before competition from peasant stock became intense, they later succeeded in establishing a substantial presence among factory workers. Then, over time, differences between Jewish and non-Jewish workers in their material demands and psychological outlook weakened.
Page rangepp. 31–44
Print length14 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Contributors

Yankev Leshchinsky

(author)

Robert Brym

(translator)
https://utoronto.academia.edu/RobertBrym

Eli Jany

(translator)