William Toll teaches American Jewish history at the University of Oregon.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Process and Ethnic Identity, A Complex Relationship 1. Ethnicity, Mobility, and Class: The Origins of a Jewish Social Structure, 1855-1900 2. Jewish Women and Social Modernization, 1870-1930 3. Civic Activism: The Public and Private Sources of Ethnic Identity 4. The Immigrant District and the New Middle Class, 1900-1930 5. An Entrenched Middle Class and a Politicized Ethnicity, 1930-1045 Conclusion A Note on Sources and Methods Notes Index

William Toll teaches American Jewish history at the University of Oregon.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Process and Ethnic Identity, A Complex Relationship 1. Ethnicity, Mobility, and Class: The Origins of a Jewish Social Structure, 1855-1900 2. Jewish Women and Social Modernization, 1870-1930 3. Civic Activism: The Public and Private Sources of Ethnic Identity 4. The Immigrant District and the New Middle Class, 1900-1930 5. An Entrenched Middle Class and a Politicized Ethnicity, 1930-1045 Conclusion A Note on Sources and Methods Notes Index

William Toll teaches American Jewish history at the University of Oregon.

• List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: Social Process and Ethnic Identity, A Complex Relationship 1. Ethnicity, Mobility, and Class: The Origins of a Jewish Social Structure, 1855-1900 2. Jewish Women and Social Modernization, 1870-1930 3. Civic Activism: The Public and Private Sources of Ethnic Identity 4. The Immigrant District and the New Middle Class, 1900-1930 5. An Entrenched Middle Class and a Politicized Ethnicity, 1930-1045 Conclusion A Note on Sources and Methods Notes Index