Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920

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

Author/creator	Klapper, Melissa R.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Description	x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-294) and index.
LCCN	2004015012
ISBN	0814747809 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E184.36.S65 K53 2005	✔ Available	Place Hold