Promised City

New York’s Jews, 1870–1914, Revised Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 1977

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Beskrivning

Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants—a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1977-01-01
Mått:133 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt:413 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:374
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674715011

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Mr. Rischin tells the turbulent story of the tenements with simple honesty and with an affection untouched by defensiveness or sentimentality… Years of painstaking research make this book an indispensable synthesis of a great experience.

Innehållsförteckning

Part One: NEW WORLD AND OLD City Unlimited The East European Captivity Torah, Haskala, and Protest Part Two : THE TERMS OF SETTLEMENT Urban Economic Frontiers The Lower East Side Germans versus Russians Part Three: JUDAISM SECULARIZED Voices of Enlightenment The Great Awakening Part Four: LEARNING A NEW SOCIAL ETHIC Labor's Dilemma Reform in Full Stride The Political Wilderness Dawn of a New Era Epilogue Appendix Bibliographical Note Notes Index