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Oy, my Buenos Aires [electronic resource]
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"Between 1905 and 1930, more than one hundred thousand Jews left Central and Eastern Europe to settle permanently in Argentina. This book explores how these Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi immigrants helped to create a new urban strain of the Argentine national identity"--Provided by publisher.
| Title |
Oy, my Buenos Aires [electronic resource] : Jewish immigrants and the creation of Argentine national identity / Mollie Lewis Nouwen. |
|---|---|
| Additional Titles |
My Buenos Aires Jewish immigrants and the creation of Argentine national identity |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press |
| Creation Date |
c2013 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
| Content |
""Front Cover"" ""Title Page"" ""Copyright"" ""Contents"" ""Illustrations"" ""Acknowledgments"" ""A Note on Translation and Transliteration"" ""Introduction"" ""1: Argentina: A Land of Immigrants"" ""2: From Colony to City: Jewish Immigrants, 1889�1930"" ""3: “And from a gringo I was transformed into a criollo:� Deploying Markers of National Identity"" ""4: Building the City, Forging the Nation: Ethnic and National Spaces"" ""5: From Stolen Textiles to Off-Track Betting: Urban Crime and Disorder"" ""6: Eating, Drinking, and Dancing: The Gendered and Generational Nature of Social Lives""""7: Individual Lives: Helping Create the Porteño Identity"" ""Conclusion"" ""Notes"" ""Bibliography"" ""Index"" ""Back Cover"" |
| Extent |
1 online resource (173 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010708834705171 |
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