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OverviewLandsmanshaftn, associations of immigrants from the same hometown, became the most popular form of organization among Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939, by Daniel Soyer, holds an in-depth discussion on the importance of these hometown societies that provided members with valuable material benefits and served as arenas for formal and informal social interaction. In addition to discussing both continuity and transformation as features of the immigrant experience, this approach recognizes that ethnic identity is a socially constructed and malleable phenomenon. Soyer explores this process of construction by raising more specific questions about what immigrants themselves have meant by Americanization and how their hometown associations played an important part in the process. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel SoyerPublisher: Wayne State University Press Imprint: Wayne State University Press ISBN: 9780814344507ISBN 10: 081434450 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 30 January 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews"In this gracefully written study, Soyer highlights another aspect of the American Jewish mosaic. Until now no scholar has explored the nature of landsmanshaftn with such profundity. By doing research in both English and Yiddish sources, and by analyzing them so well, Soyer has enormously expanded our understanding of immigrant associations. Everyone concerned with the lives and interests of Jewish immigrants will be grateful for this accomplishment. --Leonard Dinnerstein ""The Historian"" Writing from the bottom up, Soyer provokes us to rethink the dimensions of the immigrant experience and its construction. His deep familiarity with both American and Jewish culture, his sensitivity to the nuances of organizational expression and his vision of the complex processes of social change that create ethnic identity make the book compelling reading . . . this is social history at its best. --Deborah Dash Moore ""Journal of Jewish Studies""" In this gracefully written study, Soyer highlights another aspect of the American Jewish mosaic. Until now no scholar has explored the nature of landsmanshaftn with such profundity. By doing research in both English and Yiddish sources, and by analyzing them so well, Soyer has enormously expanded our understanding of immigrant associations. Everyone concerned with the lives and interests of Jewish immigrants will be grateful for this accomplishment.--Leonard Dinnerstein The Historian Writing from the bottom up, Soyer provokes us to rethink the dimensions of the immigrant experience and its construction. His deep familiarity with both American and Jewish culture, his sensitivity to the nuances of organizational expression and his vision of the complex processes of social change that create ethnic identity make the book compelling reading . . . this is social history at its best.--Deborah Dash Moore Journal of Jewish Studies Author InformationDaniel Soyer is a professor in the Department of History at Fordham University and a former archivist at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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