Description
Author: James Yaffe
Publisher: Paperback Library (division of Coronet Communications)
Edition: Paperback Library Edition, First Printing
Date of Publication: 1969
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Very good; age toning and light edge wear consistent with vintage paperback; binding sound
Description:
The American Jews: Portrait of a Split Personality is a wide-ranging examination of American Jewish identity in the postwar United States, written at a moment of profound cultural and generational change. Drawing on social observation, reporting, and cultural analysis, Yaffe explores the tensions between assimilation and tradition, public success and private identity, belonging and separation. The book reflects a distinctly late-1960s perspective while engaging questions that continue to resonate in discussions of ethnicity, culture, and national identity. Both analytical and accessible, it captures a specific historical moment while grappling with enduring questions about identity in America.