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The tenement saga : the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sternlicht, Sanford, 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, ©2004.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I: The lower east side
  • Cultural history and topography
  • Where did they come from?
  • Immigrant life
  • The immigrant woman and the family
  • Education
  • Work
  • The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire and the rise of labor laws
  • The public forum: Jewish newspapers and periodicals
  • Reading
  • Religion and secularism
  • Prostitution
  • Other types of crime
  • The impact of historical events
  • The Yiddish theater
  • Other forms of recreation and entertainment
  • Food
  • The lower east side tenement museum on Orchard Street
  • Moving on
  • II: Early Jewish American writers
  • The writers
  • Antecendents in American literature
  • Themes
  • City fiction
  • Ambraham Cahan
  • Anzia Yezierska
  • Rose Cohen
  • Marcus Eli Ravage
  • Samuel Ornitz
  • Marie Ganz
  • Ben Hecht
  • Michael Gold
  • Samson Raphaelson
  • Marya Zaturenska
  • Louis Zukofsky
  • Sydney Taylor
  • Henry Roth
  • Harry Roskolenko
  • A group picture from the Williamsburg bridge.