Jazz Age Jews

by Michael Alexander and Michael Alexander

Book Overview

By the 1920s, Jews were--by all economic, political, and cultural measures of the day--making it in America. But as these children of immigrants took their places in American society, many deliberately identified with groups that remained excluded. Despite their success, Jews embraced resistance more than acculturation, preferring marginal status to assimilation.

The stories of Al Jolson, Felix Frankfurter, and Arnold Rothstein are told...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691116539
• ISBN13: 9780691116532
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 9.0"