1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453795103321

Autore

Falk Gerhard

Titolo

The German Jews in America : a minority within a minority / / Gerhard Falk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : University Press of America, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7618-6617-5

0-7618-6306-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

973.04924

Soggetti

Jews, German - History - 19th century - United States

Jews, German - History - 20th century - United States

Electronic books.

United States Ethnic relations History 19th century

United States Ethnic relations History 20th century

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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Prologue; 2 The Germans Re-Invent Judaism; 3 The Persecution of the German Jews, 1933-1941; 4 The Refugees Come to America; 5 Scientists, Professors, and Academics; 6 From Immigrant to Marginal Man; 7 Assimilation, Acculturation, and the Immigrant; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Falk focuses on refugees who fled from Nazi tyranny in the 1930s, immigrated to America, and succeeded despite immense obstacles. This book includes a review of the most prominent academics that made major contributions to science, medicine, art, and literature in America.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389485003316

Autore

Burnett Henry, Gent

Titolo

A help to trade, or, An office erected by countenance and allowance of his excellency the Lord Lieutenant, and the most honourable His Majestie's Privy Council of Ireland [[electronic resource] ] : for the common good of all His Majesties subjects in the general advancement of trade in Dublin, for the most necessary forreign commodities, and also the native commodities, and manufactures of this kingdom in these proposals, (viz)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Dublin, : printed by Benjamin Tooke, 1676]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Soggetti

Banks and banking - Ireland

Money - Ireland

Broadsides17th century.IrelandDublin

Ireland Commercial policy Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Concerns the establishing of a bank in Dublin.

Caption title.

Imprint from Wing; coat of arms at head of sheet are those used by Tooke.

At end of text: By Henry Burnett Gent.

Imperfect: cropped with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in: National Library of Ireland.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0095