All Together Different

Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Americas, United States
Cover of the book All Together Different by Daniel Katz, NYU Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Daniel Katz ISBN: 9780814763667
Publisher: NYU Press Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: NYU Press Language: English
Author: Daniel Katz
ISBN: 9780814763667
Publisher: NYU Press
Publication: November 1, 2011
Imprint: NYU Press
Language: English

In the early 1930’s, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) organized large numbers of Black and Hispanic workers through a broadly conceived program of education, culture, and community involvement. The ILGWU admitted these new members, the overwhelming majority of whom were women, into racially integrated local unions and created structures to celebrate ethnic differences. All Together Different revolves around this phenomenon of interracial union building and worker education during the Great Depression.

Investigating why immigrant Jewish unionists in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) appealed to an international force of coworkers, Katz traces their ideology of a working-class based cultural pluralism, which Daniel Katz newly terms “mutual culturalism,” back to the revolutionary experiences of Russian Jewish women. These militant women and their male allies constructed an ethnic identity derived from Yiddish socialist tenets based on the principle of autonomous national cultures in the late nineteenth century Russian Empire. Built on original scholarship and bolstered by exhaustive research, All Together Different offers a fresh perspective on the nature of ethnic identity and working-class consciousness and contributes to current debates about the origins of multiculturalism.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In the early 1930’s, the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) organized large numbers of Black and Hispanic workers through a broadly conceived program of education, culture, and community involvement. The ILGWU admitted these new members, the overwhelming majority of whom were women, into racially integrated local unions and created structures to celebrate ethnic differences. All Together Different revolves around this phenomenon of interracial union building and worker education during the Great Depression.

Investigating why immigrant Jewish unionists in the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) appealed to an international force of coworkers, Katz traces their ideology of a working-class based cultural pluralism, which Daniel Katz newly terms “mutual culturalism,” back to the revolutionary experiences of Russian Jewish women. These militant women and their male allies constructed an ethnic identity derived from Yiddish socialist tenets based on the principle of autonomous national cultures in the late nineteenth century Russian Empire. Built on original scholarship and bolstered by exhaustive research, All Together Different offers a fresh perspective on the nature of ethnic identity and working-class consciousness and contributes to current debates about the origins of multiculturalism.

More books from NYU Press

Cover of the book Privatization by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Modernity's Ear by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Sex without Consent by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Rules of Disengagement by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Freedom’s Prophet by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Spaces of Security by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Taming Passion for the Public Good by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Controlling Paris by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book The Taming of New York's Washington Square by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Children and War by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book American Secularism by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Straights by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Ethnic Church Meets Megachurch by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Japanese American Ethnicity by Daniel Katz
Cover of the book Transcendent in America by Daniel Katz
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy