TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kranson, Rachel
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017//
TI  - Ambivalent embrace: Jewish upward mobility in postwar America
PB  - The University of North Carolina Press
CY  - Chapel Hill N.C.
KW  - Jews
KW  - United States
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Identity
AB  - "This new cultural history of Jewish life and identity in the United States after World War II focuses on the process of upward mobility. ... challenges the common notion that most American Jews unambivalently celebrated their generally strong growth in economic status and social acceptance during the booming postwar era. In fact, a significant number of Jewish religious, artistic, and intellectual leaders worried about the ascent of large numbers of Jews into the American middle class"--
SN  - 9781469635439
LA  - English
N1  - Rachel Kranson
ID  - 885413903
ER  -