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Daniel Schwartz, "Ghetto: The History of a Word" (Harvard UP, 2019)

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The word “ghetto” has taken on different meanings since its coinage in the 16th century. The uses of this term have varied considerably, from its original understanding as a compulsory Jewish quarter in Venice to its appropriation by black Americans to describe racial segregation in the United States. Daniel Schwartz traces this fascinating history in Ghetto: The History of a Word (Harvard University Press, 2019) and examines how “ghetto” has come to occupy different meanings to different people in a variety of historical and cultural contexts.

Daniel Schwartz is Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at George Washington University.

Lindsey Jackson is a PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

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The word “ghetto” has taken on different meanings since its coinage in the 16th century. The uses of this term have varied considerably, from its original understanding as a compulsory Jewish quarter in Venice to its appropriation by black Americans to describe racial segregation in the United States. Daniel Schwartz traces this fascinating history in Ghetto: The History of a Word (Harvard University Press, 2019) and examines how “ghetto” has come to occupy different meanings to different people in a variety of historical and cultural contexts.

Daniel Schwartz is Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies at George Washington University.

Lindsey Jackson is a PhD student at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

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