Title: Life on the Lower East Side /
Authors: Gillis, Jennifer Blizin, 1950-
Publisher: Heinemann Library,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Jews New York (State) New York.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs Juvenile literature.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs Juvenile literature.; Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) Social conditions Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) Social conditions Juvenile literature.; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs; New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs; New York (N.Y.) Social conditions.; New York (N.Y.) History; New York (N.Y.) History
Abstract: An overview of everyday life in New York City's Lower East Side from 1870 to 1913, focusing on the communities formed by people who shared a common language, religion, and/or cultural traditions.
Contents: The Lower East Side -- A better world -- Homes -- Life in the streets -- Jobs -- Clothes -- Ready-to-wear -- Children -- Schools -- Transportation -- Food -- Hard times -- Settlement houses -- The Lower East Side now -- Glossary.