Ghetto : the history of a word / Daniel B. Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Daniel B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish ghettos--History.

Jewish ghettos.

Ethnic neighborhoods--History.

Ethnic neighborhoods.

Inner cities--History.

Inner cities.

Inner cities--United States--History.

Segregation--History.

Segregation.

Ghetto (The English word).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Few words are as ideologically charged as "ghetto," a term that has described legally segregated Jewish quarters, dense immigrant enclaves, Nazi holding pens, and black neighborhoods in the United States. Daniel B. Schwartz reveals how the history of ghettos is tied up with struggle and argument over the slippery meaning of a word.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE GHETTO

2. THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRANSFORMATION OF THE GHETTO

3. THE GHETTO COMES TO AMERICA

4. THE NAZI GHETTOS OF THE HOLOCAUST

5. THE GHETTO IN POSTWAR AMERICA

CONCLUSION

NOTES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780674243354

0674243358

9780674243347

067424334X

OCLC:

1114334508