How strange it seems : the cultural life of Jews in small-town New England / Michael Hoberman.

Author/creator Hoberman, Michael
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiii, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Jews--New England. --Interviews.
Jews--New England. --Social life and customs.
New England--Ethnic relations.

Contents Settling the landscape of the present and future : Jewish migration to small-town New England, 1900-2000 -- "I remember being in the barn" : the story of Jewish agriculture in New England -- A good place for Jews to live : economic, civic, and community life in small-town New England -- "Just enough to make a minyan" : religious practice among small-town New England Jews -- The rewards of hard work : how small-town New England Jews might be helping to reverse a national decline.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
LCCN 2008003194
ISBN9781558496460 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1558496467 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9781558496453 (library cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1558496459 (library cloth : alk. paper)