The Boom and the Bust: The Jewish Community of Portsmouth, VA, 1910-1930

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dc.contributor.advisorRozenblit, Marsha Len_US
dc.contributor.authorGunn, Allison R.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistory/Library & Information Systemsen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T05:32:14Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T05:32:14Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractIn 1917, Jews came in large numbers to Portsmouth, VA, for the economic opportunity offered by a booming World War I economy and the new market the war workers offered. Between 1907 and 1918 alone, the Jewish population grew by an astonishing 1,042%. The community declined rapidly, however, immediately after the war. The primary reason for the decline of the community was economic. Jews came to Portsmouth, not as laborers, but as retailers and business owners. They therefore relied upon a large, stable, local market which dissipated in the Interwar period. Studying Portsmouth reveals the foundational dynamics between Jewish communities and the local economy. In the period, American Jews relied on specific economic niches such as retail to prosper. When an economy was unfavorable for such businesses, Jewish communities did not thrive.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2NS0G
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19270
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistoryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImmigranten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledJewsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPortsmouthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUnited Statesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledUrbanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVirginiaen_US
dc.titleThe Boom and the Bust: The Jewish Community of Portsmouth, VA, 1910-1930en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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