A Portion of the people : three hundred years of southern Jewish life / edited by Theodore Rosengarten and Dale Rosengarten ; with a preface by Eli N. Evans.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press in association with McKissick Museum, 2002.
Description
xviii, 268 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 28 cm
"In the year 1800, South Carolina was home to more Jews than any other place in North America. As old as the province of Carolina itself, the Jewish presence has been a vital but little-examined element in the growth of South Carolina's cities and towns, in the economy of slavery and post-slavery society and in the creation of American Jewish religious identity.".
"The record of a landmark exhibition that will change the way people think about Jewish history and American history, A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life presents a remarkable group of objects and a provocative investigation of the people and circumstances that produced them. The book and exhibition culminate a seven-year collaboration by the Jewish Historical Society of South Carolina, McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina, and the College of Charleston.
A Portion of the People is an important addition to southern arts and letters."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes
Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other title(s)
Three hundred years of southern Jewish life
ISBN
1570034451 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002005545
OCLC
49566372
RCP
C - S
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