Hasidic People: A Place in the New World

By Jerome R. Mintz

Book Overview

In this engrossing social history of the New York Hasidic community based on extensive interviews, observation, newspaper files, and court records, Jerome Mintz combines historical study with tenacious investigation to provide a vivid account of social and religious dynamics. Hasidic People takes the reader from the various neighborhood settlements through years of growth to today's tragic incidents and conflicts. In an engaging style, rich with personal insight, Mintz invites us into this old world within the new, a way of life at once foreign and yet intrinsic to the American experience.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674381165
• ISBN13: 9780674381162
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"