Jewish farmers of the Catskills : a century of survival /
Lavender, Abraham D.
Jewish farmers of the Catskills : a century of survival / by Abraham D. Lavender and Clarence B. Steinberg. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1995. - xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
Ch. 1. Jews and the Farming Tradition -- Ch. 2. Settling in "The Mountains" -- Ch. 3. Surviving the Depression -- Ch. 4. Prosperity and Its Challenges -- Ch. 5. Completing a Community -- Ch. 6. A Remnant Lives On.
"For almost a century, the largest concentration of Jewish farmers outside of Russia or Israel survived as a community in upstate New York, prospering on land that others in the area essentially had abandoned." "Using archival records that date to the nineteenth century and extensive interviews with the farm families and others, Abe Lavender and Clarence Steinberg tell the story of immigrants from Eastern Europe and New York's Lower East Side who came together in the Catskill Mountains with dreams, ambitions, and fortitude to forge a common culture."--Jacket.
0813013437 9780813013435 0813013240 9780813013244
94039645
Jews--History--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--20th century.
Jewish farmers--History--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--20th century.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
F127.C3 / L38 1995
F127.C3L38 / 1995
Jewish farmers of the Catskills : a century of survival / by Abraham D. Lavender and Clarence B. Steinberg. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1995. - xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-259) and index.
Ch. 1. Jews and the Farming Tradition -- Ch. 2. Settling in "The Mountains" -- Ch. 3. Surviving the Depression -- Ch. 4. Prosperity and Its Challenges -- Ch. 5. Completing a Community -- Ch. 6. A Remnant Lives On.
"For almost a century, the largest concentration of Jewish farmers outside of Russia or Israel survived as a community in upstate New York, prospering on land that others in the area essentially had abandoned." "Using archival records that date to the nineteenth century and extensive interviews with the farm families and others, Abe Lavender and Clarence Steinberg tell the story of immigrants from Eastern Europe and New York's Lower East Side who came together in the Catskill Mountains with dreams, ambitions, and fortitude to forge a common culture."--Jacket.
0813013437 9780813013435 0813013240 9780813013244
94039645
Jews--History--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--20th century.
Jewish farmers--History--New York (State)--Catskill Mountains Region--20th century.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Ethnic relations.
F127.C3 / L38 1995
F127.C3L38 / 1995