Tradition Transformed: The Jewish Experience in America
Drawing together all aspects of American Jewish history, this concise volume deals with the transformation of a people, their religion, their move into trade and commerce, their political commitments domestically and internationally (especially after the Holocaust), and their contributions to education and culture.
History
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Series Editor's ForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Perspectives and ProspectsChapter 2. The Threshold of Liberation, 1654–1820Chapter 3. The Age of Reform, 1820–1880Chapter 4. The Eastern European Cultural Heritage and Mass Migration to the United States, 1880–1920Chapter 5. Transplanted in America: The Urban ExperienceChapter 6. Transplanted in America: Smaller Cities and TownsChapter 7. Jewish Labor, American PoliticsChapter 8. Varieties of Jewish Belief and BehaviorChapter 9. Power and Principle: Jewish Participation in American Domestic Politics and Foreign AffairsChapter 10. Mobility, Politics, and the Construction of a Jewish American IdentityChapter 11. Almost at Home in America, 1920–1945Chapter 12. American Jewry Regroups, 1945–1970Chapter 13. Israel, the Holocaust, and Echoes of Anti-Semitism in Jewish American Consciousness, 1960–1995Chapter 14. The Ever-Disappearing PeopleBibliographical EssayIndex
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997