TY - JOUR
T1 - Chicago
T2 - city of unequal opportunities
AU - Brinkmann, Tobias
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Around 1920 Chicago had emerged as one of the largest centers of Jewish life in the world. However, this is a little-known fact. Jews do not feature prominently in Chicago’s history and memory, even though they constituted close to 10% of the city’s population during the first half of the 20th century. The article raises the question why and how Jews became insiders in a city of outsiders, with a focus on the economic and political spheres. A related question is why African Americans who moved to Chicago during the 20th century from the American South were systematically excluded.
AB - Around 1920 Chicago had emerged as one of the largest centers of Jewish life in the world. However, this is a little-known fact. Jews do not feature prominently in Chicago’s history and memory, even though they constituted close to 10% of the city’s population during the first half of the 20th century. The article raises the question why and how Jews became insiders in a city of outsiders, with a focus on the economic and political spheres. A related question is why African Americans who moved to Chicago during the 20th century from the American South were systematically excluded.
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U2 - 10.1080/1462169X.2023.2256603
DO - 10.1080/1462169X.2023.2256603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85170681131
SN - 1462-169X
VL - 24
SP - 438
EP - 452
JO - Jewish Culture and History
JF - Jewish Culture and History
IS - 4
ER -