{"product_id":"college-bound-dan-shiffman-9781438467221","title":"College Bound: The Pursuit of Education in Jewish American Literature, 1896-1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues that first- and second-generation Jewish American writers had an ambivalent relationship with educational success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJewish American immigrants and their children have been stereotyped as exceptional educational achievers, with attendance at prestigious universities leading directly to professional success. In \u003ci\u003eCollege Bound\u003c\/i\u003e, Dan Shiffman uses literary accounts to show that American Jews' relationship with education was in fact far more complex. Jews expected book learning to bring personal fulfillment and self-transformation, but the reality of public schools and universities often fell short. Shiffman examines a wide range of novels and autobiographies by first- and second-generation writers, including Abraham Cahan, Mary Antin, Anzia Yezierska, Elizabeth Gertrude Stern, Ludwig Lewisohn, Marcus Eli Ravage, Lionel Trilling, and Leo Rosten. Their visions of learning as a process of critical questioning-enlivening the mind, interrogating cultural standards, and confronting social injustices-present a valuable challenge to today's emphasis on narrowly measurable outcomes of student achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Shiffman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438467222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438467221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Dan Shiffman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48485194563839,"sku":"9781438467221","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/college-bound-dan-shiffman-9781438467221","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}