Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Melissa R. Klapper
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
New York University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2005
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 310 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jewish girls-- Education-- United States
Jewish girls-- United States-- Social conditions-- 19th century
Jewish girls-- United States-- Social conditions-- 20th century
Jewish girls-- United States-- Social life and customs-- 19th century
Jewish girls-- United States-- Social life and customs-- 20th century
Jewish religious education of girls-- United States
Jewish teenagers-- United States-- Social life and customs-- 19th century
Jewish teenagers-- United States-- Social life and customs-- 20th century