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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klapper, Melissa R.

Contributor:

Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish girls--United States--Social conditions--19th century.

Jewish girls.

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 religious education of girls.

Jewish teenagers--United States--Social life and customs--19th century.

Jewish teenagers.

Jewish teenagers--United States--Social life and customs--20th century.

Manners and customs.

Education.

Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2005]

Contents:

"Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America

"Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America

"Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls

"A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls

"Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-294) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edith E. Clark Endowment Fund.

ISBN:

0814747809

OCLC:

55940634