Name: The Making of the Jewish Middle Class By Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)
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The Making of the Jewish Middle Class Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

The Making of the Jewish Middle Class By Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

Summary

A cultural study which traces the evolution of the Jewish middle class from the woman's perspective. The author examines a variety of activities in which Jewish women were traditionally engaged, and presents a detailed view of their everyday lives, comparing them to Gentile counterparts.

The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women and German-Jewish Identity in Imperial Germany by Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

This comprehensive study of Jewish women in Imperial Germany (1871-1918) addresses the complex interrelationships of ethnicity, sex, and class. It examines the changing lives and roles of women who were part of an urbanizing, economically mobile, but socially spurned minority group, and also looks at their relationship with the rest of society. The author identifies German-Jewish women's `double burden' as females - discriminated against in both German and Jewish traditions - and as Jews - objects of the increasing anti-Semitism of their era. She also points out the ambiguous, often contradictory role that Jewish women played: they were powerful agents of acculturation, encouraging their families to adapt outwardly to German customs and norms, and also determined upholders of tradition, maintaining family rituals, kin networks, and Jewish communal organizations.

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NPB9780195039528

ISBN 13

9780195039528

ISBN 10

0195039521

Title

The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women and German-Jewish Identity in Imperial Germany by Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

Author

Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

Series

Studies in Jewish History

Condition

New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year published

1991-10-31

Number of pages

352

Prizes

Winner of American Historical Association Group on Central European History Prize 1992. National Jewish Book Award 1992 (US Prize).

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The Making of the Jewish Middle Class Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

The Making of the Jewish Middle Class by Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

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The Making of the Jewish Middle Class: Women and German-Jewish Identity in Imperial Germany by Marion A. Kaplan (Associate Professor of History, Queens College, Associate Professor of History, Queens College, City University of New York)

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