Status
Available
Call number
Genres
Collection
Publication
Harper & Row Torchbooks (1970), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 342 pages
Description
Rischin paints a vivid picture of Jewish life in New York at the turn of the century. Here are the old neighborhoods and crowded tenements, the Rester Street markets, the sweatshops, the birth of Yiddish theatre in America, and the founding of important Jewish newspapers and labor movements. The book describes, too, the city's response to this great influx of immigrants--a response that marked the beginning of a new concept of social responsibility.
Awards
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — 1963)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
342 p.; 7.9 inches
Local notes
Torchbooks TB 1515