02498nam 22004333u 450 991078623820332120230617032844.0(CKB)2670000000340569(EBL)223744(OCoLC)56733047(MiAaPQ)EBC223744(EXLCZ)99267000000034056920131216d2004|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000[electronic resource]Berkeley University of California Press20041 online resource (476 p.)Jewish Communities in the Modern WorldDescription based upon print version of record.0-520-24848-1 Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: THE EARLIEST JEWISH COMMUNITIES; 1. American Jewish Origins: 1654-1776; 2. Becoming American: 1776-1820; PART TWO: THE PIVOTAL CENTURY; 3. A Century of Migration: 1820-1924; 4. A Century of Jewish Life in America: 1820-1924; 5. A Century of Jewish Politics: 1820-1920; PART THREE: TWENTIETH-CENTURY JOURNEYS; 6. At Home and Beyond: 1924-1948; 7. A Golden Age? 1948-1967; 8. In Search of Continuity: 1967-2000; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; PhotographsSince Peter Stuyvesant greeted with enmity the first group of Jews to arrive on the docks of New Amsterdam in 1654, Jews have entwined their fate and fortunes with that of the United States-a project marked by great struggle and great promise. What this interconnected destiny has meant for American Jews and how it has defined their experience among the world's Jews is fully chronicled in this work, a comprehensive and finely nuanced history of Jews in the United States from 1654 through the end of the past century. Hasia R. Diner traces Jewish participation in American history-from the communiJewish Communities in the Modern WorldJews-- United States-- HistoryUnited States - Ethnic relationsJews-- United States-- History.United States - Ethnic relations.973.004924973.04924973/.04924Diner Hasia R458823AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910786238203321Jews of the United States ,1654 to 20001219044UNINA