New York Jews and the Great Depression: Uncertain Promise (Yale Historical Publications Series)

Beth S. Wenger

ISBN 10: 0300062656 / ISBN 13: 9780300062656

Verlag: Yale University Press, 1996

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Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Beth S. Wenger teaches Jewish history at the University of Pennsylvania.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: New York Jews and the Great Depression: ...
Verlag: Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket