At the Edge of a Dream : The Story of Jewish Immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, 1880-1920

Epstein, Lawrence J.

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub（2007/08発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 299 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780787986223
• DDC分類 305.89240747

Full Description

This beautiful book tells the nostalgic tale of how millions of Jewish immigrants entered America through the portal of the Lower East Side. There in New York City they struggled and ultimately flourished in a neighborhood that was the center of Jewish work, family, and culture. For more than fifty years, the Lower East Side spawned newly-mined Americans, including entertainment icons like George Burns and Ira Gershwin, gangsters like Meyer Lansky, and an extraordinary array of people who would go on to transform American society.

Contents

Acknowledgments. Introduction. ONE Escaping from the Old World. TWO Landing at Ellis Island. THREE Life in the Tenements. FOUR Working on the Lower East Side. FIVE Life on These Mean Streets. SIX Romance in the New World. SEVEN Children and Families. EIGHT Politics and Strife. NINE The Opponents of Jewish Immigration. TEN A Helping Hand. ELEVEN Religion and Its Rebels. TWELVE Refuge on the Lower East Side. THIRTEEN Yiddish Theater. FOURTEEN Yiddish Journalism. FIFTEEN Yiddish Literature. SIXTEEN The End of an Era. SEVENTEEN The Legacy of the Lower East Side. Sources. References. The Author. Index.