Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

9780252076442 Academic Inspection Copy

The Jews of Chicago

From Shtetl to Suburb
  • ISBN-13: 9780252076442
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Irving Cutler
  • Price: AUD $56.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 13/02/2009
  • Format: Paperback 336 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]
Description
Reviews
Google
Preview
Vividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, The Jews of Chicago is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago's Jews. This edition of Irving Cutler's definitive historical volume also includes a new foreword written by the author.The first comprehensive history of Chicago's Jewish population in eighty years, The Jews of Chicago brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today's Jewish community. Cutler intertwines neighborhood histories with representative biographical vignettes of some of Chicago's best known figures, such as Edna Ferber, Saul Bellow, Benny Goodman, Mel Tormé, Studs Terkel, Paul Muni, Mandy Patinkin, Emil G. Hirsch, Julius Rosenwald, Dankmar Adler, Arthur Goldberg, Philip Klutznick, and many others. From their roots in the Old Country to their present-day communities, Cutler captures in extraordinary detail the remarkable saga of the Jews of Chicago.
''Chicago is a city with cold winters and hot summers. Although it has a sad history of corrupt civic politicians, it has given us our present president and it has been generally hospitable to a vibrant Jewish community. The saga of that community is well told in this excellent presentation.'' Jerusalem Post , July 2009
Google Preview content