| Description |
1 online resource (x, 437 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Jewish communities in the modern world ; 4
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Jewish communities in the modern world ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-407) and index. |
| Contents |
American Jewish origins : 1654-1776 -- Becoming American : 1776-1820 -- A century of migration : 1820-1924 -- A century of Jewish life in America : 1820-1924 -- A century of Jewish politics : 1829-1920 -- At home and beyond : 1924-1948 -- A golden age? : 1948-1967 -- In search of continuity : 1967-2000. |
| Summary |
Since 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 communi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jews -- United States -- History.
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Jews. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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Ethnic relations. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1654-2000 |
| Indexed Term |
Electronic books |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Online-Publikation.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diner, Hasia R. Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004 0520227735 (DLC) 2003012766 (OCoLC)52509401 |
| ISBN |
9780520939929 (electronic book) |
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0520939921 (electronic book) |
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1597346950 (electronic book) |
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9781597346955 (electronic book) |
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0520227735 |
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9780520227736 |
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1417545089 |
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9781417545087 |
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1282358561 |
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9781282358560 |
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