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Emerging Metropolis : New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920 / Annie Polland, Daniel Soyer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Polland, Annie, Author.
- Soyer, Daniel, Author.
- Series:
- City of Promises ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Describes New York’s transformation into a Jewish city Emerging Metropolis tells the story of New York’s emergence as the greatest Jewish city of all time. It explores the Central European and East European Jews’ encounter with New York City, tracing immigrants’ economic, social, religious, political, and cultural adaptation between 1840 and 1920. This meticulously researched volume shows how Jews wove their ambitions and aspirations—for freedom, security, and material prosperity—into the very fabric and physical landscape of the city.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- GENERAL EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- AUTHORS’ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: The Emerging Jewish Metropolis
- CHAPTER 1. Neighborhood Networks
- CHAPTER 2. “Radical Reform”: Union through Charity
- CHAPTER 3. Moorish Manhattan
- CHAPTER 4. Immigrant Citadels: Tenements, Shops, Stores, and Streets
- CHAPTER 5. Capital of the Jewish World
- CHAPTER 6. Jews at the Polls: Th e Rise of the Jewish Style in New York Politics
- CHAPTER 7. Jews and New York Culture
- Conclusion: Th e Jewish Metropolis at the End of the Immigrant Era
- VISUAL ESSAY. An Introduction to the Visual and Material Culture of New York City Jews, 1840 – 1920
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)
- ISBN:
- 0-8147-3832-X
- OCLC:
- 861538144
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