American Jewry - A New History

Informationen zum Autor Eli Lederhendler was born in New York City, attended the Bronx High School of Science and graduated from Columbia University, New York (BA) and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (BHL, MA, PhD). He has taught modern Jewish history at University College London, Vassar College, New York, Yale University, Connecticut and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he holds the Stephen S. Wise Chair in American Jewish History and Institutions. He is the author of several noted books on American Jewish history in the twentieth century, including the Koret Jewish Book Award-winning New York Jews and the Decline of Urban Ethnicity (2001), and is also co-editor of the prestigious annual journal Studies in Contemporary Jewry. Klappentext In the United States, Jews have bridged minority and majority cultures - their history illustrates the diversity of the American experience. Zusammenfassung In the United States! Jews have bridged minority and majority cultures - their history illustrates the diversity of the American experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. First encounters, new beginnings: from colonial times to the Civil War; 2. Changing places: migration and Americanization, 1860s-1920s; 3. Finding space in America, 1920s-50s; 4. The European nexus: Spain, Germany, and Russia; 5. Recapitulations and more beginnings, 1950s to the twenty-first century; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Eli Lederhendler, Eli (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Lederhendler, Lederhendler Eli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780521196086
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19608-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Jewish Studies, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities