The GhettoLouis Wirth Transaction Publishers - 306 pages The Ghetto traces back to the medieval era the Jewish immigrant colonies that have virtually disappeared from our modern cities--to be replaced by other ghettoes. Analytical as well as historical, Wirth's book lays bare the rich inner life hidden behind the drab exterior of the ghetto. The book describes the significant physical, social, and psychic influences of ghetto life upon the Jews. Wirth demonstrates that the economic life of the modern Jew still reflects the impress of the social isolation of ghetto life; at first self-imposed, later formalized, and finally imposed by others through a variety of extralegal mechanisms. |
Contents
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FOREWORD | lxiii |
PREFACE | lxvii |
INTRODUCTION | lxix |
THE ORIGIN OF THE GHETTO | 9 |
THE GHETTO BECOMES AN INSTITUTION | 27 |
FRANKFORT A TYPICAL GHETTO | 39 |
THE JEWISH TYPE | 61 |
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE GHETTO | 169 |
THE CHICAGO GHETTO | 193 |
THE VANISHING GHETTO | 239 |
THE RETURN TO THE GHETTO | 261 |
THE SOCIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GHETTO | 280 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 290 |
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References to this book
Poverty and Place: Ghettos, Barrios, and the American City Paul A. Jargowsky No preview available - 1997 |
Racialized Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour and Class and the Anti ... Floya Anthias No preview available - 1992 |