Irving Howe, World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made (Simon and Schuster, 1976; Galahad Books, 2001 This monumental work of social history by the famous New York intellectual is a richly anecdotal narrative of the assimilation of Eastern European Jewry to America. Covering four decades of generational and ethnic conflict, the book reveals and recalls all-but-forgotten aspects of New York's immigrant-saturated culture. MORE: Theology Today book review Atlantic Monthly article about Howe Web page for PBS film "Arguing the World," featuring Howe Amazon |
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