Out of the Shadow by Rose Cohen

Out of the Shadow by Rose Cohen

In this appealing autobiography, Rose Cohen looks back on her family's journey from Tsarist Russia to New York City's Lower East Side. Her account of their struggles and of her own coming of age in a complex new world vividly illustrates what was, for some, the American experience. First published in 1918, Cohen's narrative conveys a powerful sense of the aspirations and frustrations of an immigrant Jewish family in an alien culture. With uncommon frankness, Cohen reports her youthful impressions of daily life in the tenements and of working conditions in garment sweatshops and domestic service. She introduces a large cast, including her co-workers, employers, mentors, family members, and friends. In simple yet moving terms, she recalls how, while confronting setbacks caused by poor health and dilemmas posed by courtship, she finds opportunities to educate herself. She also records the gradual weakening of her family's commitment to religion as they find their way from the shadow of poverty toward the mainstream of American life.

Out of the Shadow.. remains the most sensitive and insightful first-person account of a particular immigrant experience.

* New York History *

Thomas Dublin is Professor of History at the State University of New York at Binghamton. His many books include Transforming Women's Work: New England Lives in the Industrial Revolution, also from Cornell.

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ISBN 13	9780801482687
ISBN 10	0801482682
Titel	Out of the Shadow
Autor	Rose Cohen
Serie	Documents In American Social History
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Cornell University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1995-07-27
Seitenanzahl	336
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.