Children of the American Jewish Ghetto: Stories of Struggle and Achievement from 1881 Through World War I
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Between 1881 and 1914, more than two million Jews came to America. Most were poor, from the stultifying shtetls of the Pale of Settlements of the Russian Empire, steeped in Jewish tradition and religion, and Yiddish-speaking. In New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago they formed overcrowded Jewish ghettoes, living in cramped walk-up apartments and finding low-pay work in the clothing sweatshops or tobacco and cigarette factories. The...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1476695474
ISBN13:9781476695471
Release Date:February 2025
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:167 Pages
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
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