Across the country; white ethnics have fled cities for suburbs. But many have stayed in their old neighborhoods. When the busing crisis erupted in Boston in the 1970s; Catholics were in the forefront of resistance. Jews; 70;000 of whom had lived in Roxbury and Dorchester in the early 1950s; were invisible during the crisis. They were silent because they departed the city more quickly and more thoroughly than Boston's Catholics. Only scattered Jews remained in Dorchester and Roxbury by the mid-1970s. In telling the story of why the Jews left and the Catholics stayed; Gerald Gamm places neighborhood institutions--churches; synagogues; community centers; schools--at its center. He challenges the long-held assumption that bankers and real estate agents were responsible for the rapid Jewish exodus. Rather; according to Gamm; basic institutional rules explain the strength of Catholic attachments to neighborhood and the weakness of Jewish attachments. Because they are rooted; territorially defined; and hierarchical; parishes have frustrated the urban exodus of Catholic families. And because their survival was predicated on their portability and autonomy; Jewish institutions exacerbated the Jewish exodus. Gamm shows that the dramatic transformation of urban neighborhoods began not in the 1950s or 1960s; but in the 1920s. Not since Anthony Lukas's Common Ground has there been a book that so brilliantly explores not just Boston's dilemma but the roots of the American urban crisis.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. What is amazing is how an industry dominated by Jewish executives was ...By ChasboThis is an interesting and unsettling book. It chronicles the close and finally disintegrating relationship between Hollywood and The Reich in the 1930s. What is amazing is how an industry dominated by Jewish executives was so willing to kowtow to Hitler and his minions; both in Germany and in the US. It is a tale of corporate whoring in the worst sense of the word because film makers didn't want to lose the "German market;" which was quite lucrative for them. Jews disappeared from American movies in the 30s; film credits for Jews in the film industry were omitted or modified to sooth the feelings of the Nazis. The German consul in Hollywood should; some points; have been receiving screen credit as an editor on many of the films distributed by American film companies in Germany. This is an interesting tale that will convince you that "filthy lucre" is more than an outdated Biblical term or an Australian duo who play blues and rock.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Shocking truth about Jews in America making Hitler happy.By Robyn ElamThis story was amazing. Most pages I read with my jaw dropped open. Cannot believe the greed of the Jewish people in this country to sell films to Hitler and edit the movies to make him happy! You want the truth about Hollywood during Hitler's time? This is the book to read.Robyn Dayna; Author of Momentum (2013) and Reconciliation (2014) in the Love and Faith series.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Disgusting how Jews sold out their own people for moneyBy CustomerVery interesting book. Sheds a whole new light on the Hollywood Studios before and at the start of World War 2. Disgusting how Jews sold out their own people for money. Great read!
