001480127 000__ 06054nam\a22009495i\4500 001480127 001__ 1480127 001480127 003__ DE-B1597 001480127 005__ 20231026035126.0 001480127 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001480127 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001480127 008__ 230918t20052005nyu\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001480127 020__ $$a9780814772959 001480127 0247_ $$a10.18574/nyu/9780814772959.001.0001$$2doi 001480127 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)548663 001480127 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001480127 0410_ $$aeng 001480127 044__ $$anyu$$cUS-NY 001480127 050_4 $$aDS135.E89 M9 2006 001480127 072_7 $$aREL040030$$2bisacsh 001480127 08204 $$a304.873047 001480127 24500 $$aMy Future Is in America :$$bAutobiographies of Eastern European Jewish Immigrants /$$ced. by Daniel Soyer, Jocelyn Cohen. 001480127 264_1 $$aNew York, NY : : $$bNew York University Press, $$c[2005] 001480127 264_4 $$c©2005 001480127 300__ $$a1 online resource 001480127 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001480127 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001480127 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001480127 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001480127 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tA Note on Annotations and Transliteration -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tChapter 1. Success or Failure? -- $$tChapter 2. Why I Came to America -- $$tChapter 3. I Have Nothing to Complain About -- $$tChapter 4. Why I Left My Old Home and What I Have Accomplished in America -- $$tChapter 5. What Drove Me to America and My Experiences in Europe and America -- $$tChapter 6. My Future Is in America -- $$tChapter 7. The Movies Pale in Comparison -- $$tChapter 8. Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America -- $$tChapter 9. I Haven't Lost Anything by Coming to America -- $$tGlossary -- $$tIndex -- $$tAbout the Editors 001480127 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001480127 520__ $$aIn 1942, YIVO held a contest for the best autobiography by a Jewish immigrant on the theme "Why I Left the Old Country and What I Have Accomplished in America." Chosen from over two hundred entries, and translated from Yiddish, the nine life stories in My Future Is in America provide a compelling portrait of American Jewish life in the immigrant generation at the turn of the twentieth century.The writers arrived in America in every decade from the 1890s to the 1920s. They include manual workers, shopkeepers, housewives, communal activists, and professionals who came from all parts of Eastern Europe and ushered in a new era in American Jewish history. In their own words, the immigrant writers convey the complexities of the transition between the Old and New Worlds.An Introduction places the writings in historical and literary context, and annotations explain historical and cultural allusions made by the writers. This unique volume introduces readers to the complex world of Yiddish-speaking immigrants while at the same time elucidating important themes and topics of interest to those in immigration studies, ethnic studies, labor history, and literary studies.Published in conjunction with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 001480127 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001480127 546__ $$aIn English. 001480127 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. 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