New first edition partial cloth hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover.; 0.79 x 9.06 x 5.91 Inches; 256 pages; Dispersing the Ghetto is the first book to describe in detail an important but little-known chapter in American immigration history.

Founded in 1901, the IRO for nearly two decades directed the resettlement of Jewish immigrants in New York and other port cities to hundreds of communities nationwide, where the prospects of employment and rapid assimilation were brighter.