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Taking root : Jewish immigrants in America /

Discusses the historical reasons for the Jewish migration to America in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and the accompanying problems of the journey and their adjustment here in the face of prejudice and intolerable living and working conditions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meltzer, Milton, 1915-2009
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1976.
Subjects:	Jews > Migrations > Juvenile literature. Jews > Migrations. Jews > United States > Social conditions > Juvenile literature. Jews in the United States > Social conditions. United States > Emigration and immigration > Juvenile literature. United States > Emigration and immigration.

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