Peddlers, Merchants, and Junk Dealers : Jewish Life in Small-Town Vermont / Margaret K. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Margaret K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--United States.

Jews.

Jewish businesspeople.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Provides a rare study of Jews in small town America For many years, histories of Jews in the United States focused on Jewish migrants who settled in large cities.Peddlers, Merchants, and Junk Dealers offers a rare study of Jews in small town America, illuminating the experiences of Jewish families in towns where they constituted one of, at most.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

1. Peddling / Margaret K. Nelson, Emily K. Abel

2. Dry Goods Stores (a.k.a. the "Jew Store")

3. Dealing in Junk

4. The Lives of Women and Children in Small-Town Vermont

5. Jewish Life in Small Towns for First-and Second-Generation Immigrants

6. Small-Town Life for the Third Generation

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendix A. Family Trees

Appendix B. Brief Biographical Sketches

Appendix C. Tables of Town Sizes and Names of Junk Dealers

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

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Other Format:

Print version: Nelson, Margaret K. Peddlers, Merchants, and Junk Dealers

ISBN:

9781479842377

OCLC:

1592684980