Road warriors: the migration and the peddlers -- Road runners: Jewish peddlers in their new worlds -- Along the road: Jewish peddlers and their new-world customers -- Road rage: Jewish peddlers and the perils of the road -- The end of the road: life after peddling -- Legacies of the road: a conclusion
Summary
Between the late 1700s and the 1920s nearly one third of the world's Jews emigrated to new lands, often the paths paved by intrepid peddlers who preceded them. Hasia Diner tells the story of these remarkable people who sought opportunities away from home
