Quest for Inclusion: Jews and Liberalism in Modern America

by Marc Dollinger

For over sixty years, Jews have ranked as the most liberal white ethnic group in American politics, figuring prominently in social reform campaigns ranging from the New Deal to the civil rights movement. Today many continue to defy stereotypes that link voting patterns to wealth. What explains this political behavior? Historians have attributed it mainly to religious beliefs, but Marc Dollinger discovered that this explanation fails to account...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691005095
• ISBN13: 9780691005096
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"