Central European Jews in America, 1840-1880


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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.













American Jewish History


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A Time for Building


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A Time for Building describes the experiences of Jews who stayed in the large cities of the Northeast and Midwest as well as those who moved to smaller towns in the deep South and the West.




Emerging Metropolis


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Part 2 of the three part series.




The Colonial and Early National Period 1654-1840


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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.




A Time for Gathering


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Diner describes this "second wave" of Jewish migration and challenges many long-held assumptions--particularly the belief that the immigrants' Judaism erodes in the middle class comfort of Victorian America.




Jewish Immigrants and American Capitalism, 1880-1920


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Down and out in Eastern Europe -- Being an immigrant: ideal, ordeal, and opportunities -- Becoming an (ethnic) American: from class to ideology.