Emerging Metropolis : New York Jews in the Age of Immigration, 1840-1920.

Emerging Metropolis tells the story of New York's emergence as the greatest Jewish city of all time. It explores the Central European and East European Jews' encounter with New York City, tracing immigrants' economic, social, religious, political, and cultural adaptation between 1840...

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Author / Creator: Polland, Annie.
Other Authors / Creators:Soyer, Daniel.
Moore, Professor Deborah Dash.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: New York : New York University Press, 2013.
Series:City of Promises Ser.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- General Editor's Acknowledgments -- Authors' Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Emerging Jewish Metropolis -- 1 Neighborhood Networks -- 2 "Radical Reform": Union through Charity -- 3 Moorish Manhattan -- 4 Immigrant Citadels: Tenements, Shops, Stores, and Streets -- 5 Capital of the Jewish World -- 6 Jews at the Polls: The Rise of the Jewish Style in New York Politics -- 7 Jews and New York Culture -- Conclusion: The Jewish Metropolis at the End of the Immigrant Era -- Visual Essay: An Introduction to the Visual and Material Culture of New York City Jews, 1840-1920 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Authors. 
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