MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007004000
003 DLC
005 20090116094024.0
008 070129s2007 cauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007004000
020 $a9780787986223 (cloth)
020 $a0787986224 (cloth)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm82172759
035 $a(OCoLC)82172759
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dBTCTA$dC#P$dYDXCP$dDLC
043 $an-us-ny$aee-----
050 00 $aF128.9.J5$bE67 2007
082 00 $a305.892/40747$222
100 1 $aEpstein, Lawrence J.$q(Lawrence Jeffrey)
245 10 $aAt the edge of a dream :$bthe story of Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side 1880-1920 /$cLawrence J. Epstein.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSan Francisco :$bJossey-Bass,$cc2007.
300 $axv, 299 p. :$bill., map ;$c25 cm.
500 $a"An Arthur Kurzweil book."
500 $a"A Lower East Side Tenement Museum book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-287) and index.
505 0 $aEscaping from the Old World -- Landing at Ellis Island -- Life in the tenements -- Working on the Lower East Side -- Life on these mean streets -- Romance in the New World -- Children and families -- Politics and strife -- The opponents of Jewish immigration -- A helping hand -- Religion and its rebels -- Refuge on the Lower East Side -- Yiddish theater -- Yiddish journalism -- Yiddish literature -- The end of an era -- The legacy of the Lower East Side.
650 0 $aJews$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
650 0 $aJews$xMigrations.
650 0 $aJews, East European$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory.
651 0 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEmigration and immigration$xHistory.
651 0 $aLower East Side (New York, N.Y.)$xEthnic relations.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004000.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007004000-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0745/2007004000-d.html