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Title The social scientific study of Jewry : sources, approaches, debates / edited by Uzi Rebhun.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 371 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in contemporary Jewry, an annual, 0740-8625 ; 27
Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 27.
Note "The Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem."
Summary Continuing its distinguished tradition of focusing on central political, sociological, and cultural issues of Jewish life in the last century, this latest volume in the annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry series focuses on how Jewry has been studied in the social science disciplines. Its symposium consists of essays that discuss sources, approaches, and debates in the complementary fields of demography, sociology, economics, and geography. The social sciences are central for the understanding of contemporary Jewish life and have engendered much controversy over the past few decades. To a larg.
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Subject Jews -- Social conditions -- Research.
Jews -- Social conditions -- Research.
Jews -- Social conditions.
Jews -- Social conditions -- History.
History.
Jews -- United States -- Social conditions -- History.
Jews.
United States.
Social conditions.
United States -- Ethnic relations.
Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Rebhun, Uzi, editor.
Waxman, Chaim I., 1941- Professional dilemma of Jewish social scientists: the case of the ASSJ.
Makhon le-Yahadut zemanenu ʻa. sh. Avraham Harman.
Other Form: Print version: Social scientific study of Jewry 9780199363490 (DLC) 2013047261 (OCoLC)864753052
ISBN 9780199380329 (electronic book)
0199380325 (electronic book)
9780199363490
0199363498