ISBN:
1611685109
,
1611685095
,
9781611685107
,
9781611685091
Language:
English
Pages:
XXV, 445 S.
,
Ill.
Year of publication:
2014
Series Statement:
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
DDC:
973/.04924
Keywords:
Jews History
;
Jew History
;
Quelle
;
USA
;
Juden
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Creating community: the American Jewish experience during the Colonial Period, 1654/17762. Forging a nation: the American Jewish Experience during the Revolution and the early national period, 1776/1820 -- 3. Migrations across America: Jews in the Antebellum Period, 1820/1860 -- 4. Choosing sides -- 5. Immigrant life in the old and the new country -- 6. American Jews between the World Wars, 1918/1941 : government, politics, and civic status -- 7. Waging war: American Jews, World War II, and the Shoah, 1941/1945 -- 8. Immigration and adaptation -- 9. Turning inward: Jews and American life, 1965/1980 -- 10. Contemporary America: Jewish life since 1980.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
