New York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity, 1950-1970 (Modern Jewish History)
Edition: Lst Ed edition
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: November 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780815607113
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Jewish studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Social & cultural anthropology; New York; Identity; Social Science; Sociology; New York (State); Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - General; Cultural assimilation; Intellectual life; Jews
Description: "The New York Jewish mystique has always been tied to the fabric and fortunes of the city, as have the community's social values, political inclinations, and its very idea of "Jewishness." In New York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity, Eli Lederhendler looks at the cause and effect of New York City politics and culture in the 1950s and 1960s and the inner life of one of the city's largest ethnic and religious groups."--BOOK JACKET.