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Health and the American Jewish Dream
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Jacob Jay Lindenthal
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With contributions by:
Moishe Berl Singer
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2017
About this book
This book consists of a series of investigations into the cultural and behavioral patterns of east European immigrant Jews known to promote health and prevent disease beginning in the late 19th and into the 20th centuries.
Author / Editor information
Jacob Jay Lindenthal, Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers – New Jersey Medical School and creator of its MiniMed program, has long been interested in the relationship between life events and social and mental outcomes as well as ethnicity and health. He was awarded the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994 and named Faculty Member of the Year in 2005.
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Alan M. Kraut, American University, Professor of History, author of Silent Travelers: Germs, Genes, and the “Immigrant Menace”:
“Jacob Jay Lindenthal’s exploration of the historic linkage of Jews, health, and the American experience is boldly provocative. Having created a rich database to chart the disease experience of American Jews from 1874 to 1904, the author uses his data and a rich array of other sources to argue that Jews unique concern with health and healthy behaviors yielded their marked economic success following migration. His intriguing thesis should attract general readers even as it fuels rich scholarly debate among historians of American medicine, immigrant assimilation, and American Jewish life.”
“Jacob Jay Lindenthal’s exploration of the historic linkage of Jews, health, and the American experience is boldly provocative. Having created a rich database to chart the disease experience of American Jews from 1874 to 1904, the author uses his data and a rich array of other sources to argue that Jews unique concern with health and healthy behaviors yielded their marked economic success following migration. His intriguing thesis should attract general readers even as it fuels rich scholarly debate among historians of American medicine, immigrant assimilation, and American Jewish life.”
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
May 31, 2017
eBook ISBN:
9781618115379
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Main content:
530
eBook ISBN:
9781618115379
Audience(s) for this book
College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;General/trade;
