LEADER 03252oam 22005534a 450 001 9910524708403321 005 20240508134937.0 010 $a9780814344514 010 $a0814344518 035 $a(CKB)4100000006996598 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5526554 035 $a(OCoLC)1056053817 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68302 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88583 035 $a(Perlego)2998792 035 $a(oapen)doab88583 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006996598 100 $a20011108d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939$eJewish Landsmanshaftn in American Culture /$fDaniel Soyer 210 $cWayne State University Press$d2018 210 1$aDetroit :$cWayne State University Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001. 215 $a1 online resource (314 pages) 311 08$a9780814344507 311 08$a081434450X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-274) and index. 327 $aCover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Orthography and Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Old World -- 2. The New World -- 3. Landsmanshaft Culture and Immigrant Identities -- 4. Brothers in Need -- 5. The Building Blocks of Community -- 6. Institutional Dilemmas -- 7. The Heroic Period -- 8. Looking Backward -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 330 $aLandsmanshaftn, associations of immigrants from the same hometown, became the most popular form of organization among Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Jewish Immigrant Associations and American Identity in New York, 1880-1939, by Daniel Soyer, holds an in-depth discussion on the importance of these hometown societies that provided members with valuable material benefits and served as arenas for formal and informal social interaction. In addition to discussing both continuity and transformation as features of the immigrant experience, this approach recognizes that ethnic identity is a socially constructed and malleable phenomenon. Soyer explores this process of construction by raising more specific questions about what immigrants themselves have meant by Americanization and how their hometown associations played an important part in the process. 606 $aJews$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocieties, etc$xHistory 606 $aImmigrants$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocieties, etc$xHistory 606 $aJews, East European$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xSocieties, etc$xHistory 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xEthnic relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJews$xSocieties, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aImmigrants$xSocieties, etc.$xHistory. 615 0$aJews, East European$xSocieties, etc.$xHistory. 676 $a974.7/1004924/006 700 $aSoyer$b Daniel$0451136 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524708403321 996 $aJewish immigrant associations and American identity in New York, 1880-1939$9145182 997 $aUNINA