World of Our Fathers (Touchstone Book) - Softcover

Irving Howe

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671227556 ISBN 13: 9780671227555

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1976

Synopsis

It was a great adventure--the emigration in the 1880s of two million Jews from East Europe to the United States. Many settled in New York, where they attempted to maintain their own Yiddish culture even while making their way into American society. Howe tells the story of these people--from sweatshop to Hollywood studio, from yeshiva to university, every aspect of Jewish life is vividly depicted.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"A stirring evocation of the adventure and trauma of migration."--Newsweek

From the Inside Flap:

over 2 million Jewish immigrants in America in 4 decades beginning with the 1880's and how they tried to keep their Yiddish culture while making their way in the new society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0671227556
• ISBN 13: 9780671227555
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 714