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Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939 : Jewish Landsmanshaftn in American Culture.

Landsmanshaftn, associations of immigrants from the same hometown, became the most popular form of organization among Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880⁰́₃1939, by Da...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Soyer, Daniel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: OnixTransformation. OnixModel. CityOfPublication : Wayne State University Press, 2018.
Series:American Jewish civilization series.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Note on Orthography and Transliteration; Introduction; 1. The Old World; 2. The New World; 3. Landsmanshaft Culture and Immigrant Identities; 4. Brothers in Need; 5. The Building Blocks of Community; 6. Institutional Dilemmas; 7. The Heroic Period; 8. Looking Backward; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.