Adapting to Abundance - Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, Search for American Identity

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Andrew R. Heinze

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Heinze, Andrew R. Heinze
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780231068536
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06853-6
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Columbia History of Urban Life; Columbia History of Urban Life
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Consumerism, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Physical anthropology, Civics and citizenship, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples