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Autore |
Endelman Todd M |
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Titolo |
The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 [[electronic resource] /] / Todd M. Endelman |
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Berkeley ; ; Los Angeles, : University of California Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-76244-3 |
9786612762444 |
0-520-93566-7 |
1-59734-694-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Collana |
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Jewish communities in the modern world ; ; 3 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jews - Great Britain - History |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Ethnic relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-336) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Resettlement (1656-1700) -- 2. Bankers And Brokers, Peddlers And Pickpockets (1700-1800) -- 3. Poverty To Prosperity (1800-1870) -- 4. Native Jews And Foreign Jews (1870-1914) -- 5. The Great War To The Holocaust (1914-1945) -- 6. The Fracturing Of Anglo-Jewry (1945-2000) -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary Of Hebrew And Yiddish Words -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. Their story, less dramatic perhaps than that of other Jewish communities, is no less deserving of this comprehensive and finely balanced analytical account. Even though Jews were never completely absent from Britain after the expulsion of 1290, it was not until the mid- seventeenth century that a permanent community took root. Endelman devotes chapters to the resettlement; |
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