| List of Illustrations | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface: What this Book is About, What is Different About It, and Who Helped in its Making | |
| Ch. 1 | In the Shtetls and Out | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Fitting Old-Country Resources into a New Place: The Formation of a (Multi)-Ethnic Economic Niche | 31 |
| Ch. 3 | Insecure Prosperity | 72 |
| Ch. 4 | Small Town, Slow Pace: Transformations in Jewish Sociocultural Life | 133 |
| Ch. 5 | In the Middle on the Periphery: Involvement in the Local Society | 186 |
| Ch. 6 | Through Several Lenses: Making Sense of Their Lives | 214 |
| Epilogue: Postwar Era: A Decline of the Community | 245 |
| Appendix I: (Self)Reflections of a Fieldworker | 255 |
| Appendix II: Members of the Jewish Community in Johnstown and Vicinity Who Participated in This Study | 286 |
| Notes | 287 |
| Index | 361 |
