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prevent localized violence from escalating into regional crises

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Coalfield Jews Mischa Honeck explores the social construction ofCoalfield Jews explores the intersection of two simultaneous historic events: central Appalachia's transformative coal boom (1880s 1920), and the mass migration of eastern European Jews to America. Traveling to southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia to investigate the coal boom's opportunities, some Jewish immigrants found success as retailers and established numerous small but flourishing Jewish communities. Deborah R.