Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitati…
Between the late 1700s and the 1920s nearly one third of the world's Jews emigrated to new lands, often the paths paved by intrepid peddlers who preceded them. Hasia Diner tells the story of these remarkable people who sought opportunities away from home.
Road warriors: the migration and the peddlers -- Road runners: Jewish peddlers in their new worlds -- Along the road: Jewish peddlers and their new-world customers -- Road rage: Jewish peddlers and the perils of the road -- The end of the road: life after peddling -- Legacies of…
"Between the late 1700s and the 1920s, nearly one-third of the world's Jews emigrated to new lands. Crossing borders and often oceans, they followed paths paved by intrepid peddlers who preceded them. This book is the first to tell the remarkable story of the Jewish men who put …
Between the late 1700s and the 1920s nearly one third of the world's Jews emigrated to new lands, often the paths paved by intrepid peddlers who preceded them. Hasia Diner tells the story of these remarkable people who sought opportunities away from home.
