American Jewish Life, 1920-1990: American Jewish History

by Jeffrey S. Gurock (Editor)

Overview

This volume contains articles on Jewish life from 1920 to the present. Its entries include studies of the economy and migration in postwar America, the impact of Holocaust survivors on American Society and the reaction to gender stereotypes within American Culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136675003
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/23/2013
Series:	American Jewish History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	394
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jeffrey S. Gurock

Table of Contents

The Midpassage of American Jewry, 1929-1945; A “Golden Decade” for American Jews: 1945-1955; Jewish Migration in Postwar America: The Case of Miami and Los Angeles; The German-Jewish Community of Washington Heights; The Impact of Holocaust Survivors on American Society: A Socio-Cultural Portrait; The Sephardim of the United States: An Exploratory Study; Occupational Patterns of American Jews; Occupational Patterns of American Jews II *; Occupational Patterns of American Jews *; The Postwar Economy of American Jews; Investing in Themselves: The Harvard Case and the Origins of the Third American-Jewish Commercial Elite *; The Impact of Feminism on American Jewish Life; Rage and Representation: Jewish Gender Stereotypes in American Culture; Value Added: Jews in Postwar American Culture

Editorial Reviews

"Surely, all historians—students and scholars of American history, as well as those who study the Jewish experience in America and elsewhere—will reap the rewards of this impressive compendium, Gurock's roll of the greatest hits in American Jewish history."

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