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Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920
- Title
- Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 / Melissa R. Klapper.
- Author
- Klapper, Melissa R.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
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- Description
- x, 310 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Jewish girls > United States > Social conditions > 19th century
- Jewish girls > United States > Social conditions > 20th century
- Jewish girls > Education > United States
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-294) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- *PYI 05-517
- ISBN
- 0814747809 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004015012
- OCLC
- 55940634
- Author
- Klapper, Melissa R.
- Title
- Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 / Melissa R. Klapper.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, c2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-294) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- *PYI 05-517