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History: specific events & topics

Paperback. A growing number of Jews identify themselves as secular or "somewhat secular." Is this expansive definition of Jewishness a new phenomenon? What are its roots? This insightful book provides an overview of a profound development in the evolving history of Jewish life in America. Editor(s): Heller, Zachary I.; Gordis, David M. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761857945
ISBN
9780761857945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600089
ISBN
9781503600089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardcover. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 1DVT; 1QDT; HBJD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804798877
ISBN
9780804798877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

paperback. Examines the cultural identities that Jews were creating and disseminating through voluntary associations such as libraries, drama circles, literary clubs, historical societies, and even fire brigades. Series: Modern Jewish Experience. Num Pages: 408 pages, 18 b&w photos, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253220585
ISBN
9780253220585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Jewish Polity and American Civil Society is a study of the civic and political engagements of American Jews as mediated by their communal and denominational institutions. The book explores how the various branches of the organized Jewish community seek to influence public affairs. Editor(s): Mittleman, Alan; Sarna, Jonathan D.; Licht, Robert A. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HRAX; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521223
ISBN
9780742521223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253008862
ISBN
9780253008862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.48

Hardcover. Highlights the drama that unfolded for young nineteenth-century European Jewish immigrants who built on their cultural and social relationships to become successful citizens. Editor(s): Jaehn, Tomas. Num Pages: 98 pages, 150 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890134665
ISBN
9780890134665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

hardcover. Using hitherto unexplored archival sources, memoirs, interviews, and materials from the vibrant interwar Jewish and Polish presses, Kalman Weiser investigates the rise and fall of Yiddishism and of Prylucki's political party in the post-World War I era. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJPG; HBTB; JFSR1; JPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 747.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099907
ISBN
9780802099907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.82

Hardcover. Based on archival materials and featuring memoirs of Holocaust survivors, this volume offers a rich array of both tragic and inspiring studies of the sanctification of life as practiced by Jewish medical professionals. Editor(s): Grodin, Michael A. Num Pages: 316 pages, 15 ills. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ1; MBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384175
ISBN
9781782384175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.88

Hardback. Series: Jews of Poland. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBTB; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9781618114129
ISBN
9781618114129
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.65

Hardcover. An exploration of time and space, rumors and silence, colors, tastes, and ideas that recreates the richness of Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. It points out that Jews were frequently uprooted and persecuted, and where stable communities did grow up, it was because the hostility of the Christian population had somehow been overcome. Translator(s): Oldcorn, Anthony. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520073500
ISBN
9780520073500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.83
€ 53.22

Paperback. Charts the history behind the development of the Irish Jewish community. Humorous and insightful portrait of real lives. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887087
ISBN
9781845887087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.52

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127194
ISBN
9780691127194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.13
€ 59.46

Hardback. Explores the famous dispute about the length of time that Persia ruled over the land of ancient Israel. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568219707
ISBN
9781568219707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.05

Hardcover. For many years, histories of the Holocaust focused on its perpetrators, & only recently have more scholars begun to consider in detail the experiences of victims & survivors, as well as the documents they left behind. This title provides an introduction and overview of Jewish narratives of the Holocaust. Editor(s): Goda, Norman J. W. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 314 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782384410
ISBN
9781782384410
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.75

Paperback. During the quarter century between 1780 and 1806, Berlin's courtly and intellectual elites gathered in the homes of a few wealthy, cultivated Jewish women to discuss the events of the day, creating both a new cultural institution and an example of social mixing unprecedented in the German past. Series: Modern Jewish History. Num Pages: 320 pages, 33 photographs, 19 figures, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629559
ISBN
9780815629559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.90

Hardback. This collection presents and comments on the 1913-1945 correspondence between Harry Hopkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's advisor and New Deal Administrator, and his first wife of 17 years, Ethel gross. Editor(s): Giffen, Allison (Assistant Professor of English, Western Washington University, USA); Hopkins, June. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105023
ISBN
9780739105023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.48

hardcover. Examining World War II, the Holocaust, and their aftermath through the lens of Central and Eastern European Jewish families Editor(s): Michlic, Joanna Beata. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781512600094
ISBN
9781512600094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.19
€ 75.00

Hardcover. Editor(s): Weisberg, Ruth. Series: Jewish Role in American Life. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536358
ISBN
9781557536358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.20

Chronicles the settlement and development of Jewish communities along the river. This work discusses the associations among the towns and the big cities of the region, especially Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. It also demonstrates how the circumstances of a specific region influenced the evolution of American Jewish life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813124308
ISBN
9780813124308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.41

Hardback. Examines seventeen Jewish groups that are referred to in Hebrew as edot ha-mizrach, Eastern or Oriental Jewish communities. Num Pages: 456 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1QFG; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780765761125
ISBN
9780765761125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.37

paperback. A lively look at four major Jewish celebrities of early 1960s America, who together made their mark on both American culture and Jewish identity Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: HBLW3; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Brandeis University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611683141
ISBN
9781611683141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.29

paperback. Discusses the underlying causes of the US Civil War as they relate to Missouri and reveals how the war helped create both the legend and the reality of Jesse James and his gang. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; HBW; JFC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Missouri Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826209597
ISBN
9780826209597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.94

Paperback. An intimate portrait of the daily realities of life in contemporary Jerusalem Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBTB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168185
ISBN
9789774168185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.14

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