How Jews Became White Folks and what that Says about Race in America
- ISBN-10
- 081352590X
- ISBN-13
- 9780813525907
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 243
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Author
- Karen Brodkin
Description
Recounts how Jews assimilated into, and became accepted by, mainstream white society in the later twentieth century, as they lost their working-class orientation
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