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Author Dubrovsky, Gertrude Wishnick, 1926-

Title The land was theirs : Jewish farmers in the Garden State / Gertrude Wishnick Dubrovsky
Published Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 251 pages) : illustrations
Series Judaic studies series
Judaic studies series (Unnumbered)
Contents Preface; Introduction: Jewish Agriculture in America; Part 1. Beginnings; 1. The Place: Farmingdale; 2. Pioneers: Peskin and Friedman; Part 2. The People; 3. Eastern European Settlers; 4. German Refugees; 5. American Intellectuals; 6. Displaced Persons; 7. Descendants; Part 3. The Life; 8. Living Together; 9. Educating the Children; 10. Organizing a Life; 11. Making a Living; 12. Coping with Problems; Part 4. Growing Up in Farmingdale; 13. Going Back for the Record; 14. Settling into a New Life; 15. Life with All Kinds of People; 16. Schools: Jewish, American, and Beyond
17. Married Life and the Community18. Preparing to Leave; 19. Leaving Farmingdale; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Challenging prevalent stereotypes, Dubrovsky reveals a unique aspect of Jewish life in America. Although Jews have long been stereotyped as urban businesspeople and professionals, they have been successful agriculturalists since biblical times. In their more recent Eastern European history, 96 percent were forced to live in a region known as the Pale of Settlement, where they were forbidden to own land and were restricted to certain occupations. The pernicious rumor that Jews would not work the soil was then widely broadcast. At the end of the 19th century, young Russian intellectuals were det
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-245) and index
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Subject Dubrovsky, Gertrude Wishnick, 1926-
SUBJECT Dubrovsky, Gertrude Wishnick, 1926- fast
Subject Jews -- New Jersey -- Farmingdale -- History
Jews -- Colonization -- New Jersey -- Farmingdale -- History
Jewish farmers -- New Jersey -- Farmingdale -- Case studies
Jewish farmers -- New Jersey -- Farmingdale -- Biography
HISTORY -- State & Local.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
Ethnic relations
Jewish farmers
Jews
Jews -- Colonization
Joden.
Boeren.
SUBJECT Farmingdale (N.J.) -- Ethnic relations
Subject New Jersey -- Farmingdale
Genre/Form Biographies
Case studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91028217
ISBN 0585245592
9780585245591