Dispersing the Ghetto: The Relocation of Jewish Immigrants Across America

by Jack Glazier

Book Overview

In the early 20th century, the population of New York City's Lower East Side swelled with vast numbers of eastern European Jewish immigrants. The tenements, whose inhabitants faced poverty and frequent unemployment, provoked the hostile attention of immigration restrictionists, many of whom disdained Jews, racial minorities, and foreigners as inferior. Accordingly, they aimed to stifle the growth of dense ethnic settlements by curtailing immigration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870137476
• ISBN13: 9780870137471
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"