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

• Autore: Rogoff Leonard
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : Published in association with the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina by the University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (433 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.6/004924
• Soggetto topico: Jews - North Carolina - History; Jews - North Carolina - Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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State from colonial times to the present, this beautifully illustrated volume incorporates oral histories, original historical documents, and profiles of fascinating individuals.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
• Titolo autorizzato: Down home
• ISBN: 1-4696-0413-2; 0-8078-9599-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460046903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II