9780801497599-0801497590-Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation

Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation

ISBN-13: 9780801497599
ISBN-10: 0801497590
Author: Susan A. Glenn
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Format: Paperback 328 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780801497599
ISBN-10: 0801497590
Author: Susan A. Glenn
Publication date: 1991
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Format: Paperback 328 pages

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Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation (ISBN-13: 9780801497599 and ISBN-10: 0801497590), written by authors Susan A. Glenn, was published by Cornell University Press in 1991. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Labor & Industrial Relations (Economics, Jewish, World History, Women in History, History, Judaism, Women & Judaism, Women's Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Labor & Industrial Relations books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.43.

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In this fascinating portrait of Jewish immigrant wage earners, Susan A. Glenn weaves together several strands of social history to show the emergence of an ethnic version of what early twentieth-century Americans called the "New Womanhood." She maintains that during an era when Americans perceived women as temporary workers interested ultimately in marriage and motherhood, these young Jewish women turned the garment industry upside down with a wave of militant strikes and shop-floor activism and helped build the two major clothing workers' unions.

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