Contributions

  • Ode Garfinkle (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2004-05-01 - McGill-Queen's University Press

Language

English

Word Count

90,500 words, Guess

Page Count

362 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004478417
  • Goodreads1543167

Classifications

  • LCCF1035.J5Z57 2004

Description

"Following his death at age eighty-three, it was discovered that for over three decades Yaacov Zipper had kept a journal. Providing a first-hand account of the Yiddish-speaking immigrants who gave Montreal some of its unique vibrancy, the journals offer an invaluable description of an era that saw the community transformed from a raw immigrant population clustered in the working class neighbourhoods along "the Main" to a largely English-speaking society living in the new middle class districts in the western reaches of the city. Replete with compelling character sketches of many of Montreal's Jewish leaders, Zipper's diary provides a personal account of Montreal's post-World War II years."--BOOK JACKET.

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