| Description |
xvi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 173-174. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Breaking stereotypes.--Why they came to America: Shapiro, F. The rebel. Rothman, S. The watchmaker. Soskin, R. The hungry child.--How they came, the passage to America: Moscowitz, P. The child immigrant. Govsky, K. Getting here the hard way.--How they fared: Sharrow, A. The radical in exile. Linker, M. The mother in the community. Pollock, B. The American par excellence. Richter, I. The entrepreneur/raconteur. Katz, R. The loneliness of old age.--Afterword: For the record.--Background notes on customs and events. |
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Jews -- Russia -- Biography.
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Jews. |
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Russia. |
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Biographies.
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Jews -- Russia -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Illinois -- Chicago. |
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Jews -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions.
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Jewish women.
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Jewish women. |
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Russia -- Social conditions.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social conditions.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Kramer, Sydelle.
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Masur, Jenny.
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| ISBN |
0807054208 : $7.95 |
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