Roads Taken: The Great Jewish Migrations to the New World and the Peddlers Who Forged the Way

by Hasia R. Diner

Book Overview

Finalist for the 2015 National Jewish Book Award--Celebrate 350 Award for American Jewish Studies

Between the late 1700s and the 1920s, nearly one-third of the world's Jews emigrated to new lands. Crossing borders and often oceans, they followed paths paved by intrepid peddlers who preceded them. This book is the first to tell the remarkable story of the Jewish men who put packs on their backs and traveled forth, house to house, farm...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300234392
• ISBN13: 9780300234398
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"