Coalfield Jews - 9780252073359

Coalfield JewsAn Appalachian History\nAuthor(s): Deborah R. Weiner\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252073359, 978-0252073359\nSynopsis\nThe stories of vibrant eastern European Jewish communities in the Appalachian coalfields\n\nCoalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachias 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 booms opportunities, some Jewish immigrants found success as retailers and established numerous small but flourishing Jewish communities. \n\nDeborah R. Weiners Coalfield Jews provides the first extended study of Jews in Appalachia, exploring where they settled, how they made their place within a surprisingly receptive dominant culture, how they competed with coal compa.