Provides an account of the 1942 battle of Midway and the high-tech hunt for the lost ships fifty-six years later.
#4470447 in Books State Univ of New York Pr 2000-06-22Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.94 x .54 x 5.96l; .67 #File Name: 0791445844220 pages
Review
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. The most original book on this topic in yearsBy W. ToveyA truly fresh look at the earliest East European Jewish immigrants to New York. Forget whatever you think you know; this study refutes Howe et al in the assertion that the early immigrants lacked working-class consciousness and were unorganizable as workers. Kosak's familiarity with sources in a variety of languages and her broad understanding of the role of culture in forming political movements add immensely to current scholarship on these immigrants. While among the most exploited workers in American history; they were not passive in the face of injustice; and if existing American labor institutions found them hard to assimilate; the fault lies more with those organizations' limited understanding of the processes of cultural and economic assimilation; and the pressures of old and new world social structures.
