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UNINA9910813207203321 |
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Autore |
Klapper Melissa R |
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Titolo |
Jewish girls coming of age in America, 1860-1920 / / Melissa R. Klapper |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2005 |
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0-8147-4934-8 |
0-8147-4865-1 |
1-4294-1425-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jewish girls - United States - Social conditions - 19th century |
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 teenagers - United States - Social life and customs - 19th century |
Jewish teenagers - United States - Social life and customs - 20th century |
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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. 273-294) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. "Any other girls in this whole world like myself": Jewish girls and adolescence in America -- 2. "Unless I got more education": Jewish girls and the problem of education in turn-of-the-century America -- 3. "Education in the broadest sense": alternative forms of education for working-class girls -- 4. "A perfect Jew and a perfect American": the religious education of Jewish girls -- 5. "Such a world of pleasure": adolescent Jewish girls and American youth culture. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920 draws on a wealth of archival material, much of which has never been published-or even read-to illuminate the ways in which Jewish girls' adolescent experiences reflected larger issues relating to gender, ethnicity, religion, and education. Klapper explores the dual roles girls played as |
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