Cultures of Opposition
Subtitle: Jewish Immigrant Workers, New York City, 1881-1905 (S U N Y Series in American Labor History)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780791445839
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Immigration & emigration; Popular culture; c 1800 to c 1900; History - U.S; Employment Of Minorities (General); Jews In The U.S; United States - State & Local - General; Business & Economics; New York; Business/Economics; Jews; Women's Studies - General; Social life and customs; Labor; Alien labor; Employment; History; New York (State)
Description: "This work provides a reinterpretation of the origins of Jewish working-class oppositional culture in the United States. It tells how this culture was characterized by public practices such as strikes, attacks on scabs and police, rent strikes, consumer boycotts, and street parades. Enhancing Kosak's narrative are eleven period photographs."--BOOK JACKET.