""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Social Process and EthnicIdentity, A Complex Relationship""; ""Introduction: Social Process and Ethnic Identity, A Complex Relationship""; ""Content""; ""Ethnicity, Mobility, and Class: The Origins of a Jewish Social Structure, 1855-1900""; ""Jewish Women and Social Modernization 1870 -- 1930""; ""Civic Activism: The Public and Private Sources of Ethnic Identity""
""The Immigrant District and the New Middle Class:1900-1930""""An Entrenched Middle Class and a Politicized Ethnicity 1930-1945""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix: Sources and Methods""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""