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The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000
Hasia R. Diner
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Description for The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000
Paperback. Traces Jewish participation in American history - from the communities that sent formal letters of greeting to George Washington; to the three thousand Jewish men who fought for the Confederacy and the ten thousand who fought in the Union army; and, to the Jewish activists who devoted themselves to the labor movement and the civil rights movement. Series: Jewish Communities in the Modern World. Num Pages: 476 pages, 35 b/w photographs, 15 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 485.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
476
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Jewish Communities in the Modern World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
447
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520248489
SKU
V9780520248489
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About Hasia R. Diner
Hasia R. Diner is Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University. She is the author of Lower East Side Memories: The Jewish Place in America (2000), Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration (2001), and, with Beryl Benderly, Her Works Praise Her: A History of Jewish Women ... Read more
Reviews for The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000
"A comprehensive and nuanced treatment of a big subject; Hasia Diner brings the grand narrative to life through individual anecdotes, skilfully intertwines the religious and secular aspects of the story, and includes the role of women throughout." - Times Literary Supplement "A riveting account of the fascinating history of American Jewry.... A readable and fascinating account of Jewish life in ... Read more