{"product_id":"the-jews-of-chicago-9780252021855","title":"The Jews of Chicago","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eVividly told and richly illustrated with more than 160 photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Jews of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e is the fascinating story of the cultural, religious, fraternal, economic, and everyday life of Chicago''s Jews. This edition of Irving Cutler''s definitive historical volume also includes a new foreword written by the author. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe first comprehensive history of Chicago''s Jewish population in eighty years, \u003ci\u003eThe Jews of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the people, events, neighborhoods, and institutions that helped shape today''s Jewish community. Cutler intertwines neighborhood histories with representative biographical vignettes of some of Chicago''s best known figures, such as Edna Ferber, Saul Bellow, Benny Goodman, Mel Tormé, Studs Terkel, Paul Muni, Mandy Patinkin, Emil G. Hirsch, Julius Rosenwald, Dankmar Adler, Arthur Goldberg, Philip Klutznick, and many others. From their roots in the Old Country to their present-day communities, Cutler captures in ex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst Place for Best Regional Book, Mid-America Publishers Association Book Awards, 1996.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Deserves a space not only on every Chicagoan's shelf, but on anyone's who is interested in the rich ethnic heritage of the Windy City.\"--\u003ci\u003eWest Coast Jewish News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Concise and thoughtfully written, \u003ci\u003eThe Jews of Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e extends Chicago Jewish history . . . beyond any comparable history. It is a testament not merely to the impressive work that Cutler himself has done, but also to the community he chronicles.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Jewish History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Cutler does a masterful job of tracing the history of Chicago’s Jews from the German Jews who came in the 1830s and 1840s to the East European Jews who arrived in large numbers from 1880 to 1925.”--\u003ci\u003eJerusalem Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A splendid study. . . . Presents the story with marvelous visual evidence, photo documentation, and superb ethnographic mapping of Jewish institutions in Chicago.\"--\u003ci\u003eAmerican Jewish History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thought provoking history of the Jewish community's development in Chicago and its contribution to our city.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Deeply absorbing even for non-Jews, because of the astonishing history of this ethnic group, an unmatched rags-to-riches story. . . . with crisp prose.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface, xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The First Wave\u003c\/b\u003e The German-Speaking Jews, 1 \u003ci\u003eIntroduction \/ Early Chicago \/ The Jews of Germany \/ The First Jewish Arrivals in Chicago \/ The Emergence of a Community and Its Institutions \/ The Formative Years \/ The Civil War Period \/ The Great Chicago Fire and Its Aftermath \/ Building South Side Institutions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Second Wave\u003c\/b\u003e The Eastern European Jews, 40 \u003ci\u003eHistorical Background \/ Shtetl Life \/ Maxwell Street: A Shtetl in Chicago \/ Earning a Living \/ Maxwell Street Marketing \/ Maxwell Street Institution \/ The \u003c\/i\u003eLandsmanschaften \u003ci\u003e\/ The Yiddish Theater \/ Relations between German Jews and Eastern European Jews \/ Maxwell Street Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Through the World Wars\u003c\/b\u003e Expanding Communal Activity, 103 \u003ci\u003eThe Effect of the World's Columbian Exposition \/ Through the World War 1 Perio \/ Relief for Eastern Europe and Palestine \/ The Growth of Zionism \/ Further Communal Development after World War 1 \/ Decades of Tragedy and Triumph: The 1930s and 1940s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Moving Upward\u003c\/b\u003e The Arts, Professions, and Commerce, 136 \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Field \/ Artists \/ Music \/ Sports \/ Health Care \/ Bar, Bench, and Other Government Services \/ Commerce and Industry \/ The Jewish Labor Movement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Last Half-Century\u003c\/b\u003e Changing Neighborhoods and Lifestyles, 193 \u003ci\u003eDeclining Diversity and Shared Concerns \/ The South Side \/ Lawndale, the Largest of All \/ The West Town-Humboldt Park - Logan Square Area \/ The Albany Park - North Park Area \/ Rogers Park and Nearby Lakefront Communities \/ West Rogers Park \/ The Exodus to the Suburbs \/ The North and Northwest Suburbs \/ Chicago-area Jewry Today: Problems and Progress\u003c\/i\u003e Glossary, 281\u003cbr\u003e Chronology, 283\u003cbr\u003e Notes, 289\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography, 297\u003cbr\u003e Index, 303\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742173102423,"sku":"9780252021855","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-jews-of-chicago-9780252021855","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}