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Documents the remarkable story of the Jews in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World to the 1920s.
Table des matières
Contents: Preface Introduction I Discovery II New Christians, Conversos, and the Inquisition: The Dutch and the Portuguese in Brazil, Suriname, and the Caribbean III Arriving in New Amsterdam - and then, New York IV Jewish Indians, Puritans and Quakers, the Christian Millennium, and the Hope of Israel V Communities and Constitutions in Colonial North America VI The Long Nineteenth Century of the Jews in America The Dorot Jewish Division of The New York Public Library Further Reading Illustrations, Credits, and Acknowledgments Index
A propos de l'auteur
Stephen D. Corrsin is curator of the New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division. He holds a PhD in History and MLS from the University of Michigan. A specialist in Eastern European Jewry, he is the author of 'Warsaw before the First World War'(1989) and 'Sword Dancing in Europe: A History' (1997). Jonathan D. Sarna is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University and the director of the Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership. He is regarded as one of the most prominent historians of American Judaism, and is the author of the award-winning book 'American Judaism: A History' (2004).
Résumé
Jews in America tells the story of the Jewish presence in America, from the earliest expeditions to the New World through to the arrival in the future United States.
