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Author Diner, Hasia R., author.

Title Roads taken : the great Jewish migrations to the New World and the peddlers who forged the way / Hasia R. Diner.

Publication Info. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  305.8924 DIN    DUE 05-09-24
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.8924 DINER    Check Shelf
Description xix, 247 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-237) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Jews -- Economic conditions -- History.
Jewish peddlers -- History.
Jewish businesspeople -- History.
Jews -- Migrations -- History.
HISTORY / Jewish.
ISBN 9780300178647 cloth alk. paper
0300178646 cloth alk. paper
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