In this Book
- United States Jewry, 1776-1985: Volume 4, The East European Period, The Emergence of the American Jew Epilogue
- 2018
- Book
- Published by: Wayne State University Press
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In United States Jewry, 1776-1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry's cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus's impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew, 1492-1776. In the fourth and final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920. He explores settlement and colonization, dispersal to rural areas, life in large cities, the proletarians, the garment industry, the unions, and socialism. He also describes the life of the middle and upper class East European Jew. Special attention is paid to the growth of Zionism. In the epilogue, Marcus writes about the evolution of the "American Jew."
Table of Contents
- Title Page
- pp. 1-3
- I: The East European Jews
- pp. 9-33
- II: Dispersal And Colonies
- pp. 34-68
- X: Making a Living, Part IV: The Cinema
- pp. 283-293
- XIII: Hebrew and the East European Jews
- pp. 354-379
- XIV: Religious Education
- pp. 380-398
- XV: Yiddish: The Theatre and the Press
- pp. 399-431
- XVI: Yiddish Literature
- pp. 432-461
- XVIII: Americanization
- pp. 507-546
- XIX: The Ghetto: Problems and Solutions
- pp. 547-597
- XXI: Unity, Conflict, Zionism
- pp. 633-658
- XXII: The American Herzl: Louis Dembitz Brandeis
- pp. 659-697
- XXIII: Zionism: Confrontation and Victory
- pp. 698-717
- XXV: Epilogue: 1921–1985
- pp. 739-812
- Key: Abbreviations, Symbols, and Short Titles
- pp. 813-843
Additional Information
ISBN
9780814345054
Related ISBN
9780814345061
MARC Record
OCLC
1055143018
Launched on MUSE
2018-10-02
Language
English
Open Access
Yes