Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 269 pages)
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illustrations, map
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0300062656
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0300145993
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9780300062656
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9780300145991
Series Statement:
Yale historical publications
Content:
This remarkable chronicle of New York City's Jewish families during the years of the Great Depression describes a defining moment in American Jewish history. Beth S. Wenger tells the story of a generation of immigrants and their children as they faced an uncertain future in America. Challenging the standard narrative of American Jewish upward mobility, Wenger shows that Jews of the era not only worried about financial stability and their security as a minority group but also questioned the usefulness of their educational endeavors and the ability of their communal institutions to survive. Wenger uncovers the widespread changes throughout the Jewish community that enabled it to emerge from the turmoil of this period and become a thriving middle-class ethnic group in the post-World War II era
Content:
1. An Ethnic Economy -- 2. A Family Affair -- 3. Starting Out in the Thirties -- 4. The Landscape of Jewish Life -- 5. From Neighborhood to New Deal -- 6. Private Jewish Philanthropy in the Welfare State -- 7. The Spiritual Depression -- 8. American Jews and the American Dream
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-259) and index
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English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wenger, Beth S., 1963- New York Jews and the Great Depression
Language:
English
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