Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. TABLES xi
5. PREFACE xiii
6. CHAPTER 1 In the Shtetls and Out 1
7. CHAPTER 2 Fitting Old-Country Resources into a New Place: The Formation of a (Multi-)Ethnic Economic Niche 31
8. CHAPTER 3 Insecure Prosperity 72
9. CHAPTER 4 Small Town, Slow Pace: Transformations in Jewish Sociocultural Life 133
10. CHAPTER 5 In the Middle on the Periphery: Involvement in the Local Society 186
11. CHAPTER 6 Through Several Lenses: Making Sense of Their Lives 214
12. EPILOGUE Postwar Era: A Decline of the Community 245
13. APPENDIX I (Self-)Reflections of a Fieldworker 255
14. APPENDIX II Members of the Jewish Community in Johnstown and Vicinity Who Participated in This Study (Alphabetical List) 286
15. NOTES 287
16. INDEX 361