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UNINA9910789570103321 |
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Autore |
Bornstein George |
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Titolo |
The colors of Zion [[electronic resource] ] : blacks, Jews, and Irish from 1845 to 1945 / / George Bornstein |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-26219-0 |
0-674-05920-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Racism - History |
Racism - United States - History |
Ethnic relations - History |
Jews - Identity |
Black people - Race identity |
Irish - Ethnic identity |
Race relations in literature |
American literature - African American authors - History and criticism |
American literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism |
Irish literature - History and criticism |
United States Ethnic relations History |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Races -- Diasporas and nationalisms -- Melting pots -- Popular and institutional cultures -- The gathering storm: the 1930s and World War II. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This comparative study focuses on three groups often seen as antagonistic—Blacks, Jews, and Irish. Resolutely aware of past tensions, Bornstein argues that the pendulum has swung too far in that direction and that it is time to recover the history of lost connections and cooperation among the groups. The chronological range stretches from Frederick Douglass’s tour of Ireland during the Great Famine of the 1840s through the 1940s with the catastrophe of World War II. The study ends with the concept of the Righteous Gentile commemorated at |
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