My future is in America : autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish immigrants /

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In 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme "Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America." Chosen from over two hundred entries, and translated from Yiddish, the nine life stories in My Future Is in America provide a com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Otros Autores: Cohen, Jocelyn, Soyer, Daniel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Indeterminado
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jews > Europe, Eastern > Biography.
Jews, East European > United States > Biography.
Immigrants > United States > Biography.
Juifs > Europe de l'Est > Biographies.
Juifs est-européens > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Reference.
Ethnic relations.
Immigrants.
Jews.
Jews, East European.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Europe, Eastern > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
Europe de l'Est > Relations interethniques.
Eastern Europe.
United States.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Success or failure? / Minnie Goldstein
  • Why I came to America / Ben Reisman
  • "I have nothing to complain about" / Shmuel Krone
  • Why I left my old home and what I have accomplished in America / Aaron Domnitz
  • What drove me to America and my experiences in Europe and America / Rose Schoenfeld
  • "My future is in America" / Rose Silverman
  • The movies pale in comparison / Bertha Fox
  • Why I left the old country and what I have accomplished in America /
  • Chaim Kusnetz
  • I haven't lost anything by coming to America / Minnie Kusnetz.

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