The New Country: Jewish Immigrants in America Abraham Shulman 1976 w/news photos

Description: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY,1976 Fine large hardcover in good only dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 208 pages, book is unmarked and unworn, unclipped dust jacket is complete but has substantial edge wear and browning to white portions of jacket."A great photo essay on Jewish immigrants in America, written by a longtime reporter for the Jewish Daily Forward. Many of the photos come from the files of the Sunday illustrated supplement of that newspaper, as well as from YIVO, HIAS, the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union, and other organizations. "(Generations Press). "In a period of twenty years around the turn of the century, over two million Jews left Eastern Europe to reach the shores of what they called "the gold-paved land." What happened to these Jews and how they adapted to life in a free land is vividly portrayed in The New Country. Life-long habits were discarded; crowded tenements replaced the familiar shtetl; women and children found jobs and went to work; traditional dress was abandoned; the amount of time spent praying diminished. The new country brought a complete revolution to every area of life - economic, social, and religious."

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