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I was intrigued by Glenn's comment that "the disparate subfields of social history have not been well integrated." In this case she is looking at immigration history, women's history, and the history of Jewish immigrants in the American garment industry. I agree with Glenn's comment, and I think this is a problem that has come up a lot in this class. Often when we have critiqued a book, the problem seems to be a lack of integration of these subfields in social history. For example, some of us complained that the book on courtship and divorce in the American West was not properly integrated with Native American studies. -- Rebecca | I was intrigued by Glenn's comment that "the disparate subfields of social history have not been well integrated." In this case she is looking at immigration history, women's history, and the history of Jewish immigrants in the American garment industry. I agree with Glenn's comment, and I think this is a problem that has come up a lot in this class. Often when we have critiqued a book, the problem seems to be a lack of integration of these subfields in social history. For example, some of us complained that the book on courtship and divorce in the American West was not properly integrated with Native American studies. -- Rebecca | ||
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| + | I thought that the different experiences and expectations of Jewish mothers and daughters in the New World were particularly interesting. The fact that working outside the home was considered taboo for wives and mothers but was acceptable and in many cases, even expected, of daughters shows differences in generational standards as well as the impact married life had on a woman's access to the workplace. --Sarah Gardner | ||
== Women in the Old World == | == Women in the Old World == | ||
