Coalfield Jews: An Appalachian History

by Deborah R. Weiner

Book Overview

The stories of vibrant eastern European Jewish communities in the Appalachian coalfields

Coalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's transformative coal boom (1880s-1920), and the mass migration of eastern European Jews to America. Traveling to southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia to investigate the coal boom's opportunities, some Jewish immigrants found...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252073355
• ISBN13: 9780252073359
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"