Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Culture and History
Angaben zur Quelle:
24,4 (2023) 438-452
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Jews Economic conditions
;
Jews Social conditions
;
African Americans
;
Chicago (Ill.)
Abstract:
Around 1920 Chicago had emerged as one of the largest centers of Jewish life in the world. However, this is a little-known fact. Jews do not feature prominently in Chicago’s history and memory, even though they constituted close to 10% of the city’s population during the first half of the 20th century. The article raises the question why and how Jews became insiders in a city of outsiders, with a focus on the economic and political spheres. A related question is why African Americans who moved to Chicago during the 20th century from the American South were systematically excluded.
DOI:
10.1080/1462169X.2023.2256603
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