Tradition transformed : the Jewish experience in America

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Tradition transformed : the Jewish experience in America

Gerald Sorin

(The American moment)

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997

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Includes bibliographical references (p.255-283) and index

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ISBN 9780801854460

内容説明

Throughout American history, even in colonial and revolutionary times, Jews have found America generally hospitable. Yet even in this relatively receptive country, which essentially replaced Israel as the "promise land", there were vexing quesions for Jews - questions about the costs of freedom and mobility, especially with regard to the erosion of Jewish tradition and distinctiveness. In "Tradition Transformed", a one-volume history of the Jewish experience in America, Gerald Sorin argues that "acculturation" and not "assimilation" best describes the experience of Jewish Americans from their arrival in the American colonies to their lives in the United States today. American Jews, Sorin explains, have maintained their unique ethnic characteristics yet have become part of mainstream, middle-class American life. Sorin also shows how the large migration of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe in the late 19th century made a lasting impact upon how other Americans imagine, understand and relate to Jewish Americans and their cultural contributions today. 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.

目次

Series Editor's Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Perspectives and Prospects Chapter 2. The Threshold of Liberation, 1654-1820 Chapter 3. The Age of Reform, 1820-1880 Chapter 4. The Eastern European Cultural Heritage and Mass Migration to the United States, 1880-1920 Chapter 5. Transplanted in America: The Urban Experience Chapter 6. Transplanted in America: Smaller Cities and Towns Chapter 7. Jewish Labor, American Politics Chapter 8. Varieties of Jewish Belief and Behavior Chapter 9. Power and Principle: Jewish Participation in American Domestic Politics and Foreign Affairs Chapter 10. Mobility, Politics, and the Construction of a Jewish American Identity Chapter 11. Almost at Home in America, 1920-1945 Chapter 12. American Jewry Regroups, 1945-1970 Chapter 13. Israel, the Holocaust, and Echoes of Anti-Semitism in Jewish American Consciousness, 1960-1995 Chapter 14. The Ever-Disappearing People Bibliographical Essay Index
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: pbk. ISBN 9780801854477

内容説明

Throughout American history, from the colonial era to the present, Jews have found America generally hospitable. Yet even in this relatively receptive country, which essentially replaced Israel as the "promised land," there have been vexing questions for Jews-questions about the costs of freedom and mobility, especially with regard to the erosion of Jewish tradition and distinctiveness. In this one-volume history of the Jewish experience in America, Gerald Sorin argues that, from colonial times to the present, "acculturation" and not "assimilation" has best described the experience of Jewish Americans. American Jews, Sorin explains, have maintained their unique ethnic characteristics yet have become part of mainstream, middle-class American life. Sorin also shows how the large migration of Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century made a lasting impact on how other Americans imagine, understand, and relate to Jewish Americans and their cultural contributions today. 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.

目次

Series Editor's Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Perspectives and Prospects Chapter 2. The Threshold of Liberation, 1654-1820 Chapter 3. The Age of Reform, 1820-1880 Chapter 4. The Eastern European Cultural Heritage and Mass Migration to the United States, 1880-1920 Chapter 5. Transplanted in America: The Urban Experience Chapter 6. Transplanted in America: Smaller Cities and Towns Chapter 7. Jewish Labor, American Politics Chapter 8. Varieties of Jewish Belief and Behavior Chapter 9. Power and Principle: Jewish Participation in American Domestic Politics and Foreign Affairs Chapter 10. Mobility, Politics, and the Construction of a Jewish American Identity Chapter 11. Almost at Home in America, 1920-1945 Chapter 12. American Jewry Regroups, 1945-1970 Chapter 13. Israel, the Holocaust, and Echoes of Anti-Semitism in Jewish American Consciousness, 1960-1995 Chapter 14. The Ever-Disappearing People Bibliographical Essay Index

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