Jews of the United States, 1654 To 2000

Name: Jews of the United States, 1654 To 2000
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ISBN: 9780520248489

ISBN-10: 0520248481

ISBN-13: 9780520248489

Edition: 2006

Authors: Hasia R. Diner

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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--from the communities that sent formal letters of greeting to George Washington; to the three thousand Jewish men…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 476
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Hasia R. Diner is the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judiac Studies at New York University. She has taught American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, and at Johns Hopkins.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Earliest Jewish Communities



American Jewish Origins: 1654-1776



Becoming American: 1776-1820



The Pivotal Century



A Century of Migration: 1820-1924



A Century of Jewish Life in America: 1820-1924



A Century of Jewish Politics: 1820-1920



Twentieth-Century Journeys



At Home and Beyond: 1924-1948



A Golden Age? 1948-1967



In Search of Continuity: 1967-2000


Notes


Bibliography


Index