Reviews for New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58

The average rating for New Jersey Dreaming: Capital, Culture, and the Class of '58 based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-01 00:00:00 Joshua Bailey Enjoyed but wish she has explored more fully the role of race in terms of class mobility. Seemed to underplay the assimilation of Jewish Americans as "white" facilitated economic success. Did really enjoy the inter-splicing of field notes with her analysis.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-07-18 00:00:00 Michel Veillette When it comes to reading an ethnography this is a great book to pick up. Sherry Ortner does an amazing job talking about the process she went through to understand what her high school class was like 40 years later. She even puts in clippings from her field notes at the end of every chapter, allowing the reader to get more insight into who she really is and what she was struggling with while working on this enormous project.