Political Culture and Community: The Historical Perspective -- Cultural Strategies and Political Culture: The Sociological Perspective -- The Ethnic Identity Perspective -- Synthesis and Narrative: Jewish Immigrants, 1881 to 1905 -- Jewish Immigrants to the United States, 1881 to 1905: The Decline of the Old Communities -- The Emigrants -- Jewish Citizenship in Action -- The Decline of Traditional Communities -- The Impetus to Emigrate -- Conflicted Cultures: West and East European Jews -- A Prologue: The Brody Episode -- Settlement -- Official Philanthropy and Communal Networks -- Self-Help Networks and the Making of Social Solidarity -- Jewish Immigrants and the New York Clothing Industry -- Garmentmaking: From Craft to Industry -- Routes of Entry into the Garment Industry -- Earnings and Work Hours -- Making a Home and Earning a Living on the Lower East Side -- Demography and Economy -- Self-Help and Social Organization -- German Jews and the Immigrant Community: Geography, Economy, and Ideology -- The Origins of Jewish Labor Organizations -- Themes of Collective Action -- The Culture of Collective Action -- Interpretations of Labor Unrest -- Struggles for Control of the Workplace -- Struggles for Closed Shop and against Scabs -- Struggles against Sweatshops and the Contracting System -- Struggles against the Task System -- The Politics of Morality: Jewish Workers and the Ethnic Community -- Agencies of Cultural Transmission -- Appropriating the Power of the Law -- The Jewish Community and Established Justice
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