Nurturing Neighborhood: The Brownsville Boys' Club and Jewish Community in Urban America, 1940-1990

by Gerald Sorin

Overview

Drawing heavily on the reminiscences of the Brownsville boys themselves, and skillfully integrating these with material from newspapers, books, and commentary of the time, Sorin creates an original and compelling picture of the communal and individual vitality that allowed an unusual and heartening social achievement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814778975
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	04/01/1990
Series:	The American Social Experience , #21
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	800,710
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Gerald Sorin is Distinguished Professor of History and Director of Jewish Studies at SUNY New Paltz. His most recent book is Tradition Transformed: The Jewish Experience in America.