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1 online resource (pages .) |
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polychrome. |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Between 1905 and 1930, more than one hundred thousand Jews left Central and Eastern Europe to settle permanently in Argentina. This book explores how these Yiddish-speaking Ashkenazi immigrants helped to create a new urban strain of the Argentine national identity"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation and Transliteration; Introduction; 1: Argentina: A Land of Immigrants; 2: From Colony to City: Jewish Immigrants, 1889-1930; 3: "And from a gringo I was transformed into a criollo:" Deploying Markers of National Identity; 4: Building the City, Forging the Nation: Ethnic and National Spaces; 5: From Stolen Textiles to Off-Track Betting: Urban Crime and Disorder; 6: Eating, Drinking, and Dancing: The Gendered and Generational Nature of Social Lives. |
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7: Individual Lives: Helping Create the Porteño IdentityConclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- Argentina -- History -- 20th century.
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Jews. |
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Argentina. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Jews -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- History -- 20th century.
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Argentina -- Buenos Aires. |
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Jews -- Argentina -- Social life and customs.
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Jews -- Argentina -- Identity.
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Identity (Philosophical concept) |
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Argentina -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
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Manners and customs. |
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. |
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Jews -- Identity. |
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Jews -- Social life and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Jewish immigrants and the creation of Argentine national identity |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nouwen, Mollie Lewis. My Buenos Aires. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013 9780826353504 (DLC) 2013008670 (OCoLC)836261278 |
| ISBN |
9780826353511 (electronic book) |
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0826353517 (electronic book) |
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1299745636 (e-book) |
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9781299745636 (e-book) |
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9780826353504 |
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0826353509 |
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