| Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941 Contributor(s): Bayor, Ronald H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1421430622 ISBN-13: 9781421430621 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $44.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: 301.450 |
| Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally published in 1978. Millions of immigrants seeking a better life came to New York City in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ronald H. Bayor's study details how the relative tranquility among the city's four major ethnic groups was disturbed by economic depression, political divisions arising out of ties with the Old Country, and factional strife stirred up by local politicians seeking ethnic votes. Also evaluated are the effects of such emotional and political issues such as Nazism and Fascism upon the allegiances of Germans and Italians; the rift in the ethnic community caused by the communist scare; and the influence of such figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Father Charles Coughlin, and Fiorello La Guardia. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bayor, Ronald H.: - Ronald H. Bayor is a professor emeritus of history at the Georgia Institute of Technology and former president of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. He is author of Neighbors in Conflict: The Irish, Germans, Jews, and Italians of New York City, 1929-1941, and coeditor of The New York Irish, both published by Johns Hopkins. |