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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463792203321

Autore

Stiefel Barry

Titolo

Jewish sanctuary in the Atlantic world : a social and architectural history / / Barry L. Stiefel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-61117-321-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

The Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World

Disciplina

973/.04924

Soggetti

Sephardim - America - History

Jews - America - History

Electronic books.

America Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The origin of the Atlantic World Synagogue -- Jews and Conversos during the age of discovery -- Brave new world: Jews under Protestant dominion before 1675 -- Jewish prosperity in the Protestant Atlantic world, 1675-1775 -- Jewish enfranchisement in the Protestant Atlantic world after 1775 -- Jews and non-Caucasians in the Atlantic world.

Sommario/riassunto

A cultural and architectural history of Judaism as it expanded and took root in the Atlantic world