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Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
Andrew Heinze
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Description for Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
Paperback. An analysis of immigrant life in the USA which focuses on the habits of consumption. The author describes how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption, familiarizing themselves with such activities as installment buying, advertising and vacationing. Series: The Columbia History of Urban Life. Num Pages: 276 pages, 17 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFN; JFFT; JFSR1; JHMP; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
This is the first large-scale analysis of immigrant life in America to focus on habits of consumption. Hienze relies on primary sources to show how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption in America, familiarizing themselves with activities such as installment buying, vacationing, and advertising. Heinze examines the relationship between American consumption and holidays; the importance of the immigrant Jewish woman as director of family spending; the significance of clothing; and the high status of the parlour and the piano in Jewish homes.
This is the first large-scale analysis of immigrant life in America to focus on habits of consumption. Hienze relies on primary sources to show how Jews responded to the prospect of mass consumption in America, familiarizing themselves with activities such as installment buying, vacationing, and advertising. Heinze examines the relationship between American consumption and holidays; the importance of the immigrant Jewish woman as director of family spending; the significance of clothing; and the high status of the parlour and the piano in Jewish homes.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Series
The Columbia History of Urban Life
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231068536
SKU
V9780231068536
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About Andrew Heinze
Andrew R. Heinze is Professor of American History at the University of San Francisco.
Reviews for Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity
A very important book... at the cutting edge of what should be an exciting new scholarly development... opening up whole areas of behavior which [historians] previously shrugged off as irrelevant. Journal of American Ethnic History Well written... creative in its use of a wide range of primary source material. Canadian Review of American Studies Raises interesting questions about the immigrant ... Read more