LEADER 04019nam 22006494a 450 001 9910818075803321 005 20240416224009.0 010 $a1-281-24430-9 010 $a9786611244309 010 $a0-8135-4123-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541235 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471585 035 $a(EBL)334810 035 $a(OCoLC)476144495 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000183175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169896 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10195057 035 $a(PQKB)11335961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC334810 035 $a(OCoLC)122347622 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21215 035 $a(DE-B1597)529995 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541235 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL334810 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167783 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL124430 035 $a(OCoLC)1156840091 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471585 100 $a20051212d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInventing Great Neck $eJewish identity and the American dream /$fJudith S. Goldstein 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick New Jersey $cRutgers University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-3884-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. On the Map --$t2. Preparing the Ground --$t3. War and Renewal --$t4. The Quintessential Jewish Suburb --$t5. The Price of Achievement --$tEpilogue --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aGreat Neck, New York, is one of America?s most fascinating suburbs. Since the mid-nineteenth century, generations have been attracted to this once quiet enclave for its easy access to New York City and its tranquil setting by the Long Island Sound. It became an illustrious suburb, home to numerous film and theatrical luminaries, among them Groucho Marx, Eddie Cantor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Alan King. Famous writers who lived there include Ring Lardner and, of course, F. Scott Fitzgerald, who used Great Neck as the inspiration for his classic novel The Great Gatsby. Although frequently recognized as home to well-known personalities, Great Neck is also notable for the conspicuous way it transformed itself from a Gentile community, to a mixed one, and, finally, in the 1960's, to one in which Jews were the majority. In Inventing Great Neck, Judith Goldstein recounts these histories in which Great Neck emerges as a leader in the reconfiguration of the American suburb. The book spans four decades of rapid change, beginning with the 1920's. First, the community served as a playground for New York?s socialites and celebrities. In the forties, it developed one of the country?s most outstanding school systems and served as the temporary home to the United Nations. In the sixties it provided strong support to the civil rights movement. Inventing Great Neck is about the allure of suburbia, including the institutions that bind it together, and the social, economic, cultural, and religious tensions that may threaten its vibrancy. Anyone who has lived in a suburban town, particularly one in the greater metropolitan area, will be intrigued by this rich narrative, which illustrates not only Jewish identity in America but the struggle of the American dream itself through the heart of the twentieth century. 606 $aJews$zNew York (State)$zGreat Neck$xHistory 607 $aGreat Neck (N.Y.)$xEthnic relations 607 $aGreat Neck (N.Y.)$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xHistory. 676 $a974.7/245 700 $aGoldstein$b Judith S$01674037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818075803321 996 $aInventing Great Neck$94038585 997 $aUNINA