This is the story of a small but influential group of Jewish intellectuals who emigrated to the US from the Russian Empire between 1881 and the early 1920s - the era of "mass immigration". This group abandoned their Jewish identity, absorbed the radical political ideas circulating in 19th-century Russia and took these theories with them to America. When they became leaders in the labour movement in the United States and wrote for the Yiddish, Russian and English-language radical press, the generally retained the secularized ...
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This is the story of a small but influential group of Jewish intellectuals who emigrated to the US from the Russian Empire between 1881 and the early 1920s - the era of "mass immigration". This group abandoned their Jewish identity, absorbed the radical political ideas circulating in 19th-century Russia and took these theories with them to America. When they became leaders in the labour movement in the United States and wrote for the Yiddish, Russian and English-language radical press, the generally retained the secularized Russian cultural identity they had adopted in their homeland, together with their committment to socialist theories. This group of Jewish intellectuals included: Abraham Cahan, long-time editor of "The Jewish Daily Forward" and one of the most influential Jews in America during the first half of the 20th century; Morris Hillquit, a founding figure of the American socialist movement; Michael Zametkin and his wife, Adella Kean, both journalists and labour activitists in the early decades of the 20th century; and Chaim Zhitlovsky, one of the most important Yiddish writers in modern times. These individuals were part of the generation of Jewish intellectuals that preceded the better-known New York Intellectuals of the late-1920s and 1930s - the group chronicled in Irving Howe's "World Of Our Fathers".
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Good. Reasonable and presentable hardcover book in the full dust jacket. Some shelf wear to the covers. Tight binding. The text flows clearly from beginning to end. Enjoy this worthwhile hardcover edition.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine hardcover in Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp clean interior. DJ is bright, clean and complete. 8vo, 197 pp; index; illustrated. This is a new, unread book.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Hardcover 1997, 1st edition. Dust jacket and boards in as new condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Remainder mark to bottom edge. (197 pages)