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Galveston: Ellis Island of the West (Suny Series in Modern Jewish History)
by Bernard Marinbach
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0873957008
- ISBN 13
- 9780873957007
- Seller
-
San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover Cloth 240 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1983. Attractive illustrated boards shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Bumped and worn corners. Some wear to boards. Edges have the usual yellowing and spotting. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
While the massive flow of immigrants to the Northeast was taking place, a number of Jews were finding their way to America through the port of Galveston, Texas. The descendants of these immigrants, now scattered throughout the United States, are hardly aware that their ancestors participated in a unique attempt to organize and channel Jewish immigration. From their recruitment in Eastern Europe to their settlement in the American West, these immigrants were supervised by a network of agents and representatives. The project, known as the "Galveston Movement," brought over ten thousand Jews to the United States between the years 1907 and 1914.
In Ellis Island of the West, a thorough analysis of the various problems―promotional, organizational, political, ideological, anfinancial―besetting the Galveston Movement, and of the Movement's attempts to solve these problems, serves as the basis for an important case study of an experiment at channeling immigration. Accounts of individual immigrants, told in their own words or in the words of those who welcomed them, provide fascinating glimpses into a story which well deserves to be told.
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- Seller
- River House Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 657359
- Title
- Galveston: Ellis Island of the West (Suny Series in Modern Jewish History)
- Author
- Bernard Marinbach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0873957008
- ISBN 13
- 9780873957007
- Publisher
- State University Of New York Press
- Place of Publication
- Albany, NY
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 240
- Bookseller catalogs
- Texana; World History; First Editions;
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