Adapting to Abundance: Jewish Immigrants, Mass Consumption, and the Search for American Identity

Andrew R. Heinze

November, 1992
Paper, 276 pages, 17 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-06853-6
$31.00 / £18.00

"A very important book . . . at the cutting edge of what should be an exciting new scholarly development . . . opening up whole areas of behavior which [historians] previously shrugged off as irrelevant." — Journal of American Ethnic History

"Well written . . . creative in its use of a wide range of primary source material." — Canadian Review of American Studies

"Raises interesting questions about the immigrant experience in a gracefully written style." — Journal of Consumer Affairs

"An important book that invites reflection upon the national character." — American Jewish Archives

Related Subjects

• American History

Series

• Columbia History of Urban Life

About the Author

Andrew R. Heinze is Professor of American History at the University of San Francisco.

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