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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785199103321

Autore

Rogoff Leonard

Titolo

Down home [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish life in North Carolina / / Leonard Rogoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : Published in association with the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010

ISBN

1-4696-0413-2

0-8078-9599-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

975.6/004924

Soggetti

Jews - North Carolina - History

Jews - North Carolina - Social life and customs

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 colony : poor man's country, 1585-1776 -- Revolution and republic : wandering Jews, 1776-1835 -- Southern patriots : from Germany to North Carolina, 1835-1880 -- New Southerners : from shtetl to mill town, 1880-1920 -- Creating community : citizens and neighbors, 1920-1968 -- Sunbelt Jews : natives and newcomers, 1968-2009.

Sommario/riassunto

A sweeping chronicle of Jewish life in the Tar Heel State from colonial times to the present, this beautifully illustrated volume incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating individuals. The first comprehensive social history of its kind, Down Home demonstrates that the story of North Carolina Jews is attuned to the national story of immigrant acculturation but has a southern twist. Keeping in mind the larger southern, American, and Jewish contexts, Leonard Rogoff considers how the North Carolina Jewish experience differs from that of