376 Pages
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Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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When The Ghetto first appeared seventy years ago, Bruno Lasker in the New York Times called it "the most informing general account of the cultural background and psychological development of the American Jew." Arguably, the book still occupies this special niche in ethnic studies. Hasia Diner's extensive new introduction, in itself an important contribution to the history of... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Foreword, Preface, I. Introduction, II. The Origin of the Ghetto, III. The Ghetto Becomes an Institution, IV. Frankfort: A Typical Ghetto, V. The Jewish Type, VI. The Jewish Mind, VII. The Ghetto in Dissolution, VIII. The Jews in America, IX. Origins of the Jewish Community in Chicago, X. The Jewish Community and the Ghetto, XI. The Chicago Ghetto, XII. The Vanishing Ghetto, XIII. The Return to the Ghetto, XIV. The Sociological Significance of the Ghetto, Bibliography, Index of Authors, Subject Index
Biography
Wirth, Louis
