The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840

The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 509
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ISBN-10 : 9781136674372
ISBN-13 : 1136674373
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840 by : Jeffrey S. Gurock

The first volume contains articles on a variety of areas including Jewish involvement in the War of Independence and in the American Revolution, the New York Jewish Community of the time and a look at the Dutch and English Jews of the period.

The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840

The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 516
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ISBN-10 : 9781136674440
ISBN-13 : 1136674446
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840 by : Jeffrey S. Gurock

The first volume contains articles on a variety of areas including Jewish involvement in the War of Independence and in the American Revolution, the New York Jewish Community of the time and a look at the Dutch and English Jews of the period.

American Jewish History

American Jewish History
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 398
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0415919258
ISBN-13 : 9780415919258
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis American Jewish History by : Jeffrey S. Gurock

Jews Across the Americas

Jews Across the Americas
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 552
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ISBN-10 : 9781479819324
ISBN-13 : 1479819328
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Jews Across the Americas by : Adriana M. Brodsky

"Jews Across the Americas, a documentary reader with sources from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States, each introduced by an expert in the field, teaches students to analyze historical sources and encourages them to think about who and what has been and is an American Jew"--

Once We Were Slaves

Once We Were Slaves
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9780197530498
ISBN-13 : 0197530494
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Once We Were Slaves by : Laura Arnold Leibman

An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her grandmother's maternal line. Using family heirlooms to unlock the mystery of Moses's ancestors, Once We Were Slaves overturns the reclusive heiress's assumptions about her family history to reveal that her grandmother and great-uncle, Sarah and Isaac Brandon, actually began their lives as poor Christian slaves in Barbados. Tracing the siblings' extraordinary journey throughout the Atlantic World, Leibman examines artifacts they left behind in Barbados, Suriname, London, Philadelphia, and, finally, New York, to show how Sarah and Isaac were able to transform themselves and their lives, becoming free, wealthy, Jewish, and--at times--white. While their affluence made them unusual, their story mirrors that of the largely forgotten population of mixed African and Jewish ancestry that constituted as much as ten percent of the Jewish communities in which the siblings lived, and sheds new light on the fluidity of race--as well as on the role of religion in racial shift--in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World

Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World
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Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
Total Pages : 601
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ISBN-10 : 9781611173215
ISBN-13 : 1611173213
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World by : Barry L. Stiefel

A cultural and architectural history of Judaism as it expanded and took root in the Atlantic world Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World is a unique blend of cultural and architectural history that considers Jewish heritage as it expanded among the continents and islands linked by the Atlantic Ocean between the mid-fifteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Barry L. Stiefel achieves a powerful synthesis of material culture research and traditional historical research in his examination of the early modern Jewish diaspora in the New World. Through this generously illustrated work, Stiefel examines forty-six synagogues built in Europe, South America, the Caribbean Islands, colonial and antebellum North America, and Gibraltar to discover what liturgies, construction methods, and architectural styles were transported from the Old World to the New World. Some are famous—Touro in Newport, Rhode Island; Bevis Marks in London; and Mikve Israel in Curaçao—while others had short-lived congregations whose buildings were lost. The two great traditions of Judaism—Sephardic and Ashkenazic—found homes in the Atlantic World. Examining buildings and congregations that survive, Stiefel offers valuable insights on their connections and commonalities. If both the congregations and buildings are gone, the author re-creates them by using modern heritage preservation tools that have expanded the heuristic repertoire, tools from such diverse sources as architectural studies, archaeology, computer modeling and rendering, and geographic information systems. When combined these bring a richer understanding of the past than incomplete, uncertain traditional historical resources. Buildings figure as key indicators in Stiefel's analysis of Jewish life and social experience, while the author's immersion in the faith and practice of Judaism invigorates every aspect of his work.

Immigration Policy and the Shaping of U.S. Culture

Immigration Policy and the Shaping of U.S. Culture
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Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781786435286
ISBN-13 : 1786435284
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Immigration Policy and the Shaping of U.S. Culture by : Roger White

The author examines the relationships between immigration policy, observed immigration patterns, and cultural differences between the United States and immigrants’ source countries. The entirety of U.S. immigration history (1607-present) is reviewed through a recounting of related legislative acts and by examining data on immigrant inflows and cross-societal cultural distances.

Bourbon and Bullets

Bourbon and Bullets
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9781640124288
ISBN-13 : 1640124284
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Bourbon and Bullets by : John C. Tramazzo

John C. Tramazzo highlights the relationship between bourbon and military service to show the rich and dramatic connection in American history.

The Modern Jewish Experience

The Modern Jewish Experience
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9780814792629
ISBN-13 : 0814792626
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Modern Jewish Experience by : Jack Wertheimer

This essential resource offers guidance for educators to expand the teaching repertoire on a range of issues in modern Jewish history, culture, religion, and Society.