| Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry Over Four Generations Contributor(s): Toll, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873956109 ISBN-13: 9780873956109 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1983 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: 305.892 |
| LCCN: 82000655 |
| Series: Suny Modern Jewish Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 254 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class explains how European Jews of diverse cultural and social backgrounds coalesced over four generations into a middle-class community. By utilizing numerous oral histories to complement statistical data from public sources such as the federal manuscript censuses and public school enrollment cards, William Toll has succeeded in tracing in minute detail the contours of change. The study focuses particularly on the role of women to demonstrate how dramatic changes in the size and composition of the family and in sex roles, more than changes in the workplace, eroded European traditions. |