The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations

William Toll

ISBN 10: 0873956109 / ISBN 13: 9780873956109

Published by SUNY Press, 1982

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256 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class: Portland Jewry over Four Generations
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873956109
• ISBN 13: 9780873956109
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.45 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Making of an Ethnic Middle Class explains how European Jews of diverse cultural and social backgrounds coalesced over four generations into a middle-class community. By utilizing numerous oral histories to complement statistical data from public sources such as the federal manuscript censuses and public school enrollment cards, William Toll has succeeded in tracing in minute detail the contours of change. The study focuses particularly on the role of women to demonstrate how dramatic changes in the size and composition of the family and in sex roles, more than changes in the workplace, eroded European traditions.

About the Author

William Toll teaches American Jewish history at the University of Oregon.