From Shtetl to Milltown: Litvaks, Hungarians, and Galizianers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1925,9780936340098

From Shtetl to Milltown: Litvaks, Hungarians, and Galizianers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1925

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ISBN13: 9780936340098
ISBN10: 0936340096
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Historical Society of Western
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Summary

Turn-of-the-century Jewish life is explored in Poland, Russia, Hungary, and Galicia and compared to what was to be an utterly different environment in Western Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii
Preface x
Life in the Shtetl
1(8)
The World They Left
9(16)
Eastern Europe Before 1918
12(1)
Eastern Europe Today (showing the birthplaces of 73 immigrants)
13(12)
The Early Years in America
25(14)
One Family's Story: The Spiegels Photography Section
39(10)
Map C: The Milltowns
Settling In: Work and Citizenship
49(12)
Jewish Communities, Jewish Families
61(16)
Winds of Change
77(16)
Reflections
93(8)
Appendix: Using U.S. Census Reports and Citizenship papers 101(2)
Birthplaces of 73 Jewish Immigrants 103(2)
Bibliography 105(6)
Notes 111(7)
Index 118

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