| Description |
1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series in American labor history
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SUNY series in American labor history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-214) and index. |
| Contents |
Political Culture and Community: The Historical Perspective -- Cultural Strategies and Political Culture: The Sociological Perspective -- Ethnic Identity Perspective -- Synthesis and Narrative: Jewish Immigrants, 1881 to 1905 -- Jewish Immigrants to the United States, 1881 to 1905: The Decline of the Old Communities -- Emigrants -- Jewish Citizenship in Action -- Decline of Traditional Communities -- Impetus to Emigrate -- Conflicted Cultures: West and East European Jews -- A Prologue: The Brody Episode -- Settlement -- Official Philanthropy and Communal Networks -- Self-Help Networks and the Making of Social Solidarity -- Jewish Immigrants and the New York Clothing Industry -- Garmentmaking: From Craft to Industry -- Routes of Entry into the Garment Industry -- Earnings and Work Hours -- Making a Home and Earning a Living on the Lower East Side -- Demography and Economy -- Self-Help and Social Organization -- German Jews and the Immigrant Community: Geography, Economy, and Ideology -- Origins of Jewish Labor Organizations -- Themes of Collective Action -- Culture of Collective Action -- Interpretations of Labor Unrest -- Struggles for Control of the Workplace -- Struggles for Closed Shop and against Scabs -- Struggles against Sweatshops and the Contracting System -- Struggles against the Task System -- Politics of Morality: Jewish Workers and the Ethnic Community -- Agencies of Cultural Transmission -- Appropriating the Power of the Law -- Jewish Community and Established Justice. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Employment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Jews -- Employment. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
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History. |
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Foreign workers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Foreign workers. |
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Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social life and customs.
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Jews. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kosak, Hadassa, 1938- Cultures of opposition. Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©2000 0791445836 (DLC) 00026553 (OCoLC)43561961 |
| ISBN |
0585283184 (electronic book) |
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9780585283180 (electronic book) |
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0791445836 (alkaline paper) |
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0791445844 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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