Birmingham, Stephen  1930- <br/><br/>
"The rest of us" :  the rise of America's eastern European Jews / 
by Stephen Birmingham. 
 - Boston :  Little, Brown & Company,  ©1985. 
 - xv, 413 p. :  plates ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/>Cont.: 1: Beginnings: 1880-1919 -- Uptown firebrand -- A Jewish Cinderella -- An occupation for gentlemen -- Heroes and heroines -- 2: Getting out: 1920-1950 -- The Jewish lake and other creations -- Fitting in -- Minstrels and minstrelsy -- High rollers -- Little Caesars -- Deals -- War -- At last, a homeland -- Touches of class -- All that money can buy -- 3: Here we are: 1951- -- Crown princes -- Witch-hunting -- "People who are solid" -- From Poland to polo. 
<br/><br/> The story of the Eastern Eurpean Jews who, between 1882 and 1915, came to New York to escape czarist Russia. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-425-080749 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jews, East European--History--Ethnic relations--United States