World of Our Fathers
The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made
A classic exploration of the American Jewish experience by one of our greatest twentieth-century intellectualsWinner of the National Book Award, 1976World of Our Fathers traces the journeys of Eastern Europe's Jews to America over four decades. Beginning in the 1880s, it offers a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, and shows how the immigrant generation tried to maintain their Yiddish culture while becoming American. It is essential reading for those interested in understanding why these forebears to many of today's American Jews made the decision to leave their homelands, the challenges these new Jewish America…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8147-3685-2
- EAN: 9780814736852
- Produktnummer: 20263673
- Verlag: New York University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 768 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B16.4 cm x D3.7 cm 1'474 g
- Gewicht: 1474
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Irving Howe (1920-1993) played a pivotal role in American intellectual life for over five decades, from the 1940s to the 1990s. Best known for World of Our Fathers, Howe also won acclaim for his prodigious output of illuminating essays on American culture and as an indefatigable promoter of democratic socialism. He was the founding editor of Dissent, the journal he edited for nearly forty years.
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