בידספיריט | Zangwill, Israel They That Walk in

Zangwill, Israel They That Walk in Darkness: Ghetto Tragedies Philadelphia, Pa. : Jewish Publication Society of America, 1899. -  Jewish author and political activist, Israel Zangwill (1864-1926), was passionate about campaigning for the oppressed. Many of his works address women's suffrage, pacifism, Zionism, and Jewish emancipation. He was a strong believer of assimilation and is best known for his influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (1892) which was later released as a play titled The Melting Pot (1908). Zangwill is credited with coining the term ”melting pot” to describe the fusion of various cultures and ethnicities.  hardcover 13x18 cm 486 pages fair- condition