Research Catalog

Title

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [electronic resource] / Melissa R. Klapper.

Author

Klapper, Melissa R.

Publication

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Details

Description

1 online resource (x, 310 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 (Online)

Alternative Title

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 (Online)

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. 273-294) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2004015012

OCLC

ssj0000185584

Author

Klapper, Melissa R.

Title

Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 [electronic resource] / Melissa R. Klapper.

Imprint

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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