Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATES xv
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. CHAPTER 1. JEWISH MARGINAL PEOPLE IN PREMODERN EUROPE 17
8. CHAPTER 2. BLIND BEGGARS AND ORPHAN RECRUITS 39
9. CHAPTER 3. “A PILE OF DUST AND RUBBLE” 63
10. CHAPTER 4. THE CHOLERA WEDDING 89
11. CHAPTER 5. A “REPUBLIC OF BEGGARS”? Charity, Jewish Backwardness, and the Specter of the Jewish Idler 117
12. CHAPTER 6. MADNESS AND THE MAD 148
13. CHAPTER 7. “WE SINGING JEWS, WE JEWS POSSESSED” 176
14. EPILOGUE 227
15. CONCLUSION: Jewish Intersectionality at the European Fin-de-Siècle 237
16. NOTES 243
17. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 299
18. INDEX 331