Israel Zangwill (1864 – 1926) was a British humorist and writer. Zangwill's work earned him the nickname "the Dickens of the Ghetto". He wrote a very influential novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People (). The use of the metaphorical phrase "melting pot" to describe American absorption of immigrants was popularised by Zangwill's play The Melting Pot, a hit in the United States in -. The play received its most recent production at New York's Metropolitan Playhouse in March .
The Melting-Pot
The Big Bow Mystery
The King of Schnorrers
Dreamers of the Ghetto
Children of the Ghetto
Ghetto Tragedies
Ghetto Comedies
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Chosen Peoples
Without Prejudice