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American Jewry : a new history / Eli Lederhendler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
Author
Lederhendler, Eli
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English
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Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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xxiv, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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E184.J5 L567 2016
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Jews
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United States
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History
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History
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Understanding the history of Jews in America requires a synthesis of over 350 years of documents, social data, literature and journalism, architecture, oratory, and debate, and each time that history is observed, new questions are raised and new perspectives found. This book presents a readable account of that history, with an emphasis on migration patterns, social and religious life, and political and economic affairs. It explains the long-range development of American Jewry as the product of 'many new beginnings' more than a direct evolution leading from early colonial experiments to latter-day social patterns. This book also shows that not all of American Jewish history has occurred on American soil, arguing that Jews, more than most other Americans, persist in assigning crucial importance to international issues. This approach provides a fresh perspective that can open up the practice of minority-history writing, so that the very concepts of minority and majority should not be taken for granted.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
First encounters, new beginnings: from colonial times to the Civil War
Changing places: migration and Americanization, 1860s-1920s
Finding space in America, 1920s-1950s
The European nexus: Spain, Germany, and Russia
Recapitulations and more beginnings, 1950s to the twenty-first century.
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ISBN
9780521196086 ((hardback))
0521196086 ((hardback))
9781316632628 ((pbk.))
1316632628 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2016025954
OCLC
951190521
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