A Time for Building: The Third Migration, 1880-1920

Volume III: A Time for Building.

The years between 1880 and 1920 marked the third great migration of Jews tothe U.S.--including more than two million from the Russian empire, Austria-Hungary, and Rumania. A Time for Building describes the experiences of Jews who stayed in the large cities of the Northeast and Midwest as well as those who moved to smaller towns in the deep South and the West.

Author: Gerald Sorin
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 05/01/1995
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.16lbs
Size: 8.84h x 5.65w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780801851223

About the Author

Eli Faber is professor of history and Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York. Hasia Diner is professor of American studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Gerald Sorin is chairman of the Department of History and Director of Jewish Studies at the State University of New York, New Paltz. Henry L. Feingold is professor of history at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Edward S. Shapiro is professor of history at Seton Hall University.