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Autore |
Waxman Chaim Isaac |
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Titolo |
Jewish baby boomers [[electronic resource] ] : a communal perspective / / Chaim I. Waxman |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in American Jewish Society in the 1990s |
SUNY series in American Jewish society in the 1990s |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - United States - Social conditions - 20th century |
Baby boom generation - United States |
United States Social conditions 1960-1980 |
United States Social conditions 1980-2020 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-211) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""Demographic Characteristics of American Jewish Baby Boomers""; ""Family Patterns of American Jewish Baby Boomers""; ""The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Religion""; ""The Jewishness of Jewish Baby Boomers: Ethnicity""; ""Religion in American Society""; ""Ethnicity in America""; ""Conclusion""; ""Back Matter""; ""APPENDIX A: Methodology of eJF 1990 National Jewish Population Survey""; ""APPENDIX B: Representative Frequencies"" |
""APPENDIX C: Representative Probability Levels""""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NAME INDEX""; ""SUBJECT INDEX""; ""Back Cover"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book critically analyzes American Jewish baby boomers, focusing on the implications of their Jewish identity and identification for the collective American Jewish community. Utilizing data obtained from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, the book begins with a demographic portrait of American Jewish baby boomers. Realizing that America's Jews are both a religious and ethnic group, a comparison is made with Protestant and Catholic baby boomers, as well as other ethnic groups. The religious patterns of the Jewish baby boomers and |
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