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Title: |
The Melting-Pot |
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| By (author): |
Israel Zangwill Edited by: Meri-Jane Rochelson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1554812437 : 9781554812431 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pages: |
280 |
| Weight: |
.325 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - November 2017 |
| List Price: |
25.75 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
Qty Available: 8 |
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| Israel Zangwill, an Anglo-Jewish author and son of immigrants, wrote The Melting-Pot to demonstrate how immigrants could become good American citizens, hoping to forestall the kinds of restrictionsâ particularly against Russian Jewsâ that had been enacted in his home country. In 1908, when the play first appeared on an American stage, many Americans feared that these particular newcomers would unalterably change the nationâ s character. Politicians and others called for restricted immigration and stringent tests for citizenship. The Melting-Pot did not prevent the US government from enacting immigration restrictions in 1924, but it became Zangwillâ s most popular and most continuously performed play, and it popularized a metaphor for Americaâ the melting potâ that has been discussed and debated ever since. This edition presents the play in its historical context, with readings from the time on immigration and intermarriage, as well as the settlement house movement and the Kishinev pogrom, which both figure prominently in the drama. Excerpts from the many and diverse reviews of the play highlight why it was so controversial. |
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