{"product_id":"coalfield-jews-deborah-r-weiner-9780252073359","title":"Coalfield Jews: An Appalachian History","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stories of vibrant eastern European Jewish communities in the Appalachian coalfields\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's 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 boom's opportunities, some Jewish immigrants found success as retailers and established numerous small but flourishing Jewish communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeborah R. Weiner's 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 company stores, interacted with their non-Jewish neighbors, and maintained a strong Jewish identity deep in the heart of the Appalachian mountains. To tell this story, Weiner draws on a wide range of primary sources in social, cultural, religious, labor, economic, and regional history. She also includes moving personal statements, from oral histories as well as archival sources, to create a holistic portrayal of Jewish life that will challenge commonly held views of Appalachia as well as the American Jewish experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah R. Weiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252073355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252073359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.26w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 78","brand":"Deborah R. Weiner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057295782143,"sku":"9780252073359","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_881bf737-3ef3-4f2e-abe2-25ea65597753.jpg?v=1685046151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coalfield-jews-deborah-r-weiner-9780252073359","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}