Title: Our parents' lives : the Americanization of Eastern European Jews /
Authors: Cowan, Neil M.; Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, 1941-
Publisher: Basic Books,
Year: 1989
Subjects: Jews, East European United States Interviews.; Jews United States Interviews.; Jews United States Cultural assimilation.; Immigrants United States Interviews.; Oral history.; Jews Cultural assimilation United States.; United States Ethnic relations.
Contents: "Dangerous just to be" : life in the old country -- "Tempest tossed" : learning to live in America -- Breaking away from Torah : the impact of American schooling -- The evil eye, the x ray, and the promise of good health -- "Of course I was a virgin when I married" : changing sexual mores -- "Trapped in the book" : childbirth and child care -- Yiddishkeit : the key to success in America -- "It's a free country" : remaining Jewish in America.