Jewish farmers of the Catskills : a century of survival / by Abraham D. Lavender and Clarence B. Steinberg. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lavender, Abraham D.

Contributor:

Steinberg, Clarence.

Steinberg, Clarence B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--History--20th century.

Jews.

Jewish farmers--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--History--20th century.

Jewish farmers.

Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.

Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 271 p. ) ill., map ;

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"For almost a century, the largest concentration of Jewish farmers outside of Russia or Israel survived as a community in upstate New York, prospering on land that others in the area essentially had abandoned." "Using archival records that date to the nineteenth century and extensive interviews with the farm families and others, Abe Lavender and Clarence Steinberg tell the story of immigrants from Eastern Europe and New York's Lower East Side who came together in the Catskill Mountains with dreams, ambitions, and fortitude to forge a common culture."--Jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8130-2184-7