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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463285603321

Titolo

American Jewish history : a primary source reader / / edited by Gary Phillip Zola and Marc Dollinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Brandeis University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61168-511-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life

Disciplina

973/.04924

Soggetti

Jews - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Creating community: the American Jewish experience during the Colonial Period, 1654/1776 -- 2. Forging a nation: the American Jewish Experience during the Revolution and the early national period, 1776/1820 -- 3. Migrations across America: Jews in the Antebellum Period, 1820/1860 -- 4. Choosing sides -- 5. Immigrant life in the old and the new country -- 6. American Jews between the World Wars, 1918/1941 : government, politics, and civic status -- 7. Waging war: American Jews, World War II, and the Shoah, 1941/1945 -- 8. Immigration and adaptation -- 9. Turning inward: Jews and American life, 1965/1980 -- 10. Contemporary America: Jewish life since 1980.

Sommario/riassunto

A treasure trove of primary source documents on American Jewish history, culture, and life