World of Our Fathers
First edition | |
| Author | Irving Howe |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Immigrant experience of East European Jews in America |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Awards | National Book Award, 1977 Francis Parkman Prize, 1977 National Jewish Book Award (for Jewish History), 1977 |
| ISBN | 978-0151463534 |
| OCLC | 1500208 |
World of Our Fathers: The Journey of the East European Jews to America and the Life They Found and Made is a narrative history book written by the American social and literary critic Irving Howe with assistance from Kenneth Libo. First published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1976, it reached #1 on The New York Times best seller list for non-fiction, and won the 1977 U.S. National Book Award in the History category.
The 700-page book offers a sweeping account of the two million East European Jews who migrated to the United States during the four-decade period from 1880 to 1920. Howe focuses on the Lower East Side of New York City when describing the living conditions, jobs, politics, education, religious practices, and Yiddishkeit culture that Jewish immigrants found and made in the U.S.