{"product_id":"to-the-other-shore-the-russian-jewish-intellectuals-who-came-to-america-hardcover","title":"To the Other Shore: The Russian Jewish Intellectuals Who Came to America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven Cassedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the Other\u003c\/i\u003e Shore tells the story of a small but influential group of Jewish intellectuals who immigrated to the United States from the Russian Empire between 1881 and the early 1920s--the era of \"mass immigration.\" This pioneer group of Jewish intellectuals, many of whom were raised in Orthodox homes, abandoned their Jewish identity, absorbed the radical political theories circulating in nineteenth-century Russia, and brought those theories with them to America. When they became leaders in the labor movement in the United States and wrote for the Yiddish, Russian, and English-language radical press, they generally retained the secularized Russian cultural identity they had adopted in their homeland, together with their commitment to socialist theories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis group includes Abraham Cahan, longtime editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Daily Forward\u003c\/i\u003e and one of the most influential Jews in America during the first half of this century; Morris Hillquit, a founding figure of the American socialist movement; Michael Zametkin and his wife, Adella Kean, both journalists and labor activists in the early decades of this century; and Chaim Zhitlovsky, one of the most important Yiddish writers in modern times. These immigrants were part of the generation of Jewish intellectuals that preceded the better-known New York Intellectuals of the late 1920s and 1930s--the group chronicled in Irving Howe's \u003ci\u003eWorld of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo the Other Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, Steven Cassedy offers a broad, clear-eyed portrait of the early Jewish emigré intellectuals in America and the Russian cultural and political doctrines that inspired them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1997. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePrinceton Legacy Library\u003c\/b\u003e uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTo the Other Shore\u003c\/i\u003e documents how some Jewish intellectuals, while still in Russia, came to be indoctrinated in Russian revolutionary beliefs--above all Nihilism and Populism--and how they propagated these beliefs in their adopted country. By doing so, it fills a conspicuous gap in the historiography of Jewish immigration in America. This is a fresh, readable, intelligent book that should appeal to a broad audience.\"\u003cb\u003e--Paul Avrich, author of \u003ci\u003eAnarchist Voices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47485677568178,"sku":"9780691631158","price":169.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b44f4fe4049e896909110d7c9b47e26c.webp?v=1779292387","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/to-the-other-shore-the-russian-jewish-intellectuals-who-came-to-america-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}