Men of silk the Hasidic conquest of Polish Jewish Society - Dynner, Glenn (Oxford University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-378) and index
Hasidism in central Poland, 1754-1830 -- Anatomy of a Hasidic conquest -- Warsaw and the patrons of Polish Hasidism -- Yihus : the social composition of early Hasidic leadership -- Charlatans or "lovers of Israel"? : evaluating Hasidic populism -- Sermons, stories, and songs : marketing Hasidism