Daughters of the Shtetl : Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation /

In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-century Americans called the "New Womanhood." She maintains that during an era when Americans p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glenn, Susan A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Women clothing workers > United States > History.
Clothing workers > Labor unions > United States > History.
Jewish women > Europe, Eastern > Social conditions.
Jewish women > United States > Social conditions.
Jews, East European > United States > Social conditions.
Women immigrants > United States > History.
Women labor union members > United States > History.
Gender Studies.
U.S. History.
Travailleuses du vêtement > États-Unis > Histoire.
Travailleurs du vêtement > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire.
Juives > Europe de l'Est > Conditions sociales.
Juives > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Juifs est-européens > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Immigrantes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Syndiquées > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
Clothing workers > Labor unions
Jewish women > Social conditions
Jews, East European > Social conditions
Women clothing workers
Women immigrants
Women labor union members
Eastern Europe
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. "A Girl Wasn't Much": Jewish Womanhood in Eastern Europe
  • 2. Mothers and Daughters: Remaking the Jewish Family Economy in America
  • 3. Unwritten Laws: Work and Opportunity in the Garment Industry
  • 4. "All of Us Young People": The Social and Cultural Dimensions of Work
  • 5. Uprisings: Women and the Mass Strike Movement
  • 6. "As We Are Not Angels": The New Unionism and the New Womanhood
  • Notes
  • Index

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