The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity

Eric Goldstein traces the Jews' encounter with American racial culture from the 1870s through to World War II. At first Jews clung to the notion that they were a distinct 'race'. Latterly Jews became fully vested as part of America's white mainstream and gave up describing themselves in racial terms.

Author(s): Eric L. Goldstein
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2006
Pages: 328
Categories: History