Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-418) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Jews and the American soul -- One nation under stress, divisible : Jewish immigrants and the national psyche -- The moral universe of the Jews -- Jewish morality and the psychological shift of American culture, 1890-1945 -- Peace of mind : Judaism and the therapeutic polemics of postwar America -- Jews and the American search for meaning, 1950-2000.