Bibliograph

At the edge of a dream, the story of Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side 1880-1920, Lawrence J. Epstein

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Label

At the edge of a dream, the story of Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side 1880-1920, Lawrence J. Epstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At the edge of a dream

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

82172759

Responsibility statement

Lawrence J. Epstein

Sub title

the story of Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side 1880-1920

Table Of Contents

Escaping from the Old World -- Landing at Ellis Island -- Life in the tenements -- Working on the Lower East Side -- Life on these mean streets -- Romance in the New World -- Children and families -- Politics and strife -- The opponents of Jewish immigration -- A helping hand -- Religion and its rebels -- Refuge on the Lower East Side -- Yiddish theater -- Yiddish journalism -- Yiddish literature -- The end of an era -- The legacy of the Lower East Side

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