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Jewish farmers of the Catskills : a century of survival / by Abraham D. Lavender and Clarence B. Steinberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1995.Description: xiv, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813013437
  • 9780813013435
  • 0813013240
  • 9780813013244
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • F127.C3 L38 1995
Other classification:
  • 15.85
  • 15.87
  • 15.96
  • 7,26
Contents:
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.
Review: "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.
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468.5.J4 L28 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800187064
Total holds: 0

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.

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