Nearly two million Jewish men, women, and children emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1882 and 1924 and settled in, or passed through, the Lower East Side of New York City. Sanford Sternlicht tells the story of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers. Anzia Yezierska, Abraham Cahan, Michael Gold, and Henry Roth, and others defined this new "Jewish homeland" and paved the way for the later great Jewish American novelists. ...
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Nearly two million Jewish men, women, and children emigrated from Eastern Europe between 1882 and 1924 and settled in, or passed through, the Lower East Side of New York City. Sanford Sternlicht tells the story of his own childhood in this vibrant neighborhood and puts it within the context of fourteen early twentieth-century East Side writers. Anzia Yezierska, Abraham Cahan, Michael Gold, and Henry Roth, and others defined this new "Jewish homeland" and paved the way for the later great Jewish American novelists. Sternlicht discusses the role of women, the Yiddish Theater, secular values, the struggle between generations, street crime, politics, labor unions, and the importance of newspapers and periodicals. He documents the decline of Yiddish culture as these immigrants blended into what they called "The Golden Land."
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Good+ Cover wraps are bumped at corners and the covers are lightly scuffed and scratched but otherwise in nice condition.; This book "tells the story of Sanford Sternlicht's own childhood (in the Lower east Side of NYC) and situates his experience within the context of fourteen significant early-twentieth-century East Side writers." Softcover, text is clean and unmarked; spine is tight. A nice copy! ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 0.5 inches; 171 pages.
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In very good, unmarked condition. No dust jacket. Store stickers on back cover. Your purchase benefits world-wide relief efforts of Mennonite Central Committee.
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