Coalfield Jews An Appalachian History |
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| Author:
| Weiner, Deborah R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07335-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Coalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's transformative coal boom (1880s-1920), and the mass migration of eastern European Jews to America. Traveling to southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia to investigate the coal boom's opportunities, some Jewish immigrants ......
Coalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's transformative coal boom (1880s-1920), and the mass migration of eastern European Jews to America. Traveling to southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia to investigate the coal boom's opportunities, some Jewish immigrants ......