Jewish hometown associations and family circles in New York : the WPA Yiddish Writers' Group study /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
Description:	x, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Modern Jewish experience Modern Jewish experience (Bloomington, Ind.)
Subject:	Yiddish Writers' Group (New York, N.Y.) -- History. Yiddish Writers' Group (New York, N.Y.) Jews, East European -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- History. Jewish families -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- History. Immigrants -- New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- History. Ethnic relations. Immigrants -- Societies, etc. Jewish families -- Societies, etc. Jews, East European -- Societies, etc. New York (N.Y.) -- Ethnic relations New York (State) -- New York. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1321177

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Other authors / contributors:	Kliger, Hannah
ISBN:	0253331285
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Part 1. Documenting Jewish Immigration: New York Jewish Writers and the Works Progress Administration
Part 2. The WPA's "Jewish Landsmanshaftn and Family Circles in New York"
An Annotated Edition Prepared
Introductory Note
1. The Present State of the Lansmanshftn
2. The Social Role of the Landsmanshaftn
3. The Constitutions of the Landsmanshaftn
4. The Souvenir Journals of the New York Landsmanshftn
5. The East European Background of the Jewish Family
6. Jewish Family Circles
7. Jewish Famlily Life in New York City
8. Three Generations
Part 3. Contemporary Lanslayt in New York: Continuities and Discontinuities
Bibliographic Guide
Appendix
From The Jewish Landsmanshftn of New York
From Jewish Families and Family Circles of New York
From Jewish Landsmanschaften and Family Circles in New York
Notes
Index

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