Synopses & Reviews
A new 30th Anniversary paperback edition of an award-winning classic."Irving Howe has written a great book . . . a marvelous narrative."
The New York Times Book Review
World of Our Fathers is a book for Jew and non-Jew, for immigrants and native-born Americans. It is a book for all people."Chicago Tribune Book World
Winner of the National Book Award, 1976
World of Our Fathers traces the story of Eastern Europe's Jews to America over four decades. Beginning in the 1880s, it offers a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, and shows how the immigrant generation tried to maintain their Yiddish culture while becoming American. It is essential reading for those interested in understanding why these forebears to many of today's American Jews made the decision to leave their homelands, the challenges these new Jewish Americans faced, and how they experienced every aspect of immigrant life in the early part of the twentieth century.
This invaluable contribution to Jewish literature and culture is now back in print in a new paperback edition, which includes a new foreword by noted author and literary critic Morris Dickstein.
Review
“Irving Howe has written a great book . . . a marvelous narrative.”
-The New York Times Book Review,
Review
“Irving Howe has written a great book . . . a marvelous narrative.”
“World of Our Fathers is a book for Jew and non-Jew, for immigrants and native-born Americans. It is a book for all people.”
Review
“World of Our Fathers is a book for Jew and non-Jew, for immigrants and native-born Americans. It is a book for all people.”
-Chicago Tribune Book World,
Synopsis
A new 30th Anniversary paperback edition of an award-winning classic.Winner of the National Book Award, 1976
World of Our Fathers traces the story of Eastern Europe's Jews to America over four decades. Beginning in the 1880s, it offers a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, and shows how the immigrant generation tried to maintain their Yiddish culture while becoming American. It is essential reading for those interested in understanding why these forebears to many of today's American Jews made the decision to leave their homelands, the challenges these new Jewish Americans faced, and how they experienced every aspect of immigrant life in the early part of the twentieth century.
This invaluable contribution to Jewish literature and culture is now back in print in a new paperback edition, which includes a new foreword by noted author and literary critic Morris Dickstein.
Synopsis
A classic exploration of the American Jewish experience by one of our greatest twentieth-century intellectuals
Winner of the National Book Award, 1976
World of Our Fathers--Irving Howe's seminal work of cultural history--traces the story of Eastern Europe's Jews to America over four decades. Beginning in the 1880s, it offers a rich portrayal of the East European Jewish experience in New York, and shows how the immigrant generation tried to maintain their Yiddish culture while becoming American. Howe sheds new light on why the forebears to many of today's American Jews decided to leave their homelands, the challenges these new Jewish Americans faced, and how they experienced every aspect of immigrant life in the early twentieth century. The resulting history is essential reading for those interested in understanding the American Jewish experience--in the past, and today.
With a foreword by noted author and literary critic Morris Dickstein, this newly reissued edition of Howe's most celebrated work offers an invaluable contribution to Jewish literature and culture.
Synopsis
This Major Reference series brings together a wide range of key international articles in law and legal theory. Many of these essays are not readily accessible, and their presentation in these volumes will provide a vital new resource for both research and teaching. Each volume is edited by leading international authorities who explain the significance and context of articles in an informative and complete introduction.
About the Author
Irving Howe (1920-1993) played a pivotal role in American intellectual life for over five decades, from the 1940s to the 1990s. Best known for
World of Our Fathers, Howe also won acclaim for his prodigious output of illuminating essays on American culture and as an indefatigable promoter of democratic socialism. He was the founding editor of
Dissent, the journal he edited for nearly forty years.
Morris Dickstein is Distinguished Professor of English and Theatre and Senior Fellow of the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of several books, including Leopards in the Temple: The Transformation of American Fiction, 1945-1970.