Adapting to Abundance Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity |
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Author:
| Heinze, Andrew |
Series title: | Columbia History of Urban Life Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-231-06853-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1992 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $37.00 |
Book Description:
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Between 1880 and 1914, Eastern European Jewish immigrants in New York's Lower East Side defined themselves as American not only by their occupations or education but by their spending practices as well. Jewish immigrants assimilated into American culture through the purchase of fashions, material goods, and resort vacations, combined with Jewish social and religious traditions to create a unique and innovative American identity.
Between 1880 and 1914, Eastern European Jewish immigrants in New York's Lower East Side defined themselves as American not only by their occupations or education but by their spending practices as well. Jewish immigrants assimilated into American culture through the purchase of fashions, material goods, and resort vacations, combined with Jewish social and religious traditions to create a unique and innovative American identity.