Selected bibliography

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. Loving kindness and cultural citizenship in the Jewish south 1
5. 1. “to the Hebrews the world is indebted”: the southern roots of American Jewish benevolence 24
6. 2. “For the honor of the Jewish people”: gender, race, and immigration 55
7. 3. “Virtue, rectitude and loyalty to our faith”: Jewish orphans and the politics of southern cultural capital 81
8. 4. “A very delicate problem”: the plight of the southern agunah 123
9. 5. “None of my own people”: subsidizing Jewish motherhood in the depression-era south 150
10. 6. Sex, race, and consumption: southern sephardim and the politics of benevolence 183
11. Conclusion. Loving kindness and its legacies 212
12. Notes 217
13. Selected bibliography 257
14. Index 273
15. About the author 278