What are some reasons for the persistence of the Jewish ghetto even after its walls were torn down? Under what circumstances did the ghetto tend to

  

What are some reasons for the persistence of the Jewish ghetto even after its walls were torn down?
Under what circumstances did the ghetto tend to disappear? What were some reasons?
Wirth argues that the children of immigrants are more aware of the ghetto than their parents and tend to flee. Do you agree? Why? Why not?
What group does Wirth argue was the last to occupy the American ghetto? What is the difference between them and the groups that previously occupied the ghetto

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The Ghetto Author(s): Louis Wirth Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jul., 1927), pp. 57-71 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2765040 Accessed: 03-02-2017 17:51 UTC
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Issue Table of Contents

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 1, Jul., 1927

Volume Information [pp.i-xv]
Primitive Concepts and the Origin of Cultural Patterns [pp.1-13]
Were Comte and Spencer Wholly Wrong? [pp.14-27]
The Concept of Dominance and World-Organization [pp.28-42]
Population Areas and Physiographic Regions in Canada [pp.43-56]
The Ghetto [pp.57-71]
The Ecological Approach to the Church [pp.72-79]
News and Opinion [pp.80-93]
A Note on Lefever’s “Standard Deviational Ellipse” [pp.94-98]
Distance in Sociology [pp.99-104]
The Migration to Towns and Cities. II [pp.105-109]
Topical Summaries of Current Literature: Sociology in Argentina [pp.110-117]
Students’ Dissertations in Sociology [pp.118-119]
News and Notes [pp.120-125]
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Recent Literature [pp.157-176]