Robert A. Rockaway has selected, and translated from Yiddish, letters that describe the immigrants' new surroundings, work conditions, and living situations, as well as letters that give voice to typical tensions between the immigrants and their benefactors. Rockaway introduces the letters with an essay on conditions in the Pale and on early American Jewish attempts to assist emigrants.
Robert A. Rockaway has selected, and translated from Yiddish, letters that describe the immigrants' new surroundings, work conditions, and living situations, as well as letters that give voice to typical tensions between the immigrants and their benefactors. Rockaway introduces the letters with an essay on conditions in the Pale and on early American Jewish attempts to assist emigrants.
Words of the Uprooted: Jewish Immigrants in Early Twentieth-Century America
256Words of the Uprooted: Jewish Immigrants in Early Twentieth-Century America
256Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801485503 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 06/22/1998 |
Series: | Documents in American Social History |
Pages: | 256 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d) |
Lexile: | 1280L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |