A History of the Jews in America
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Spanning 350 years of Jewish experience in this country, A History of the Jews in America is an essential chronicle by the author of The Course of Modern Jewish History. With impressive scholarship and a riveting sense of detail, Howard M. Sachar tells the stories of Spanish marranos and Russian refugees, of aristocrats and threadbare social revolutionaries, of philanthropists and Hollywood moguls. At the same time, he elucidates the grand themes of the Jewish encounter with America, from the bigotry of a Christian majority to the tensions among Jews of different origins and beliefs, and from the struggle for acceptance to the ambivalence of assimilation.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0679745300
ISBN13:9780679745303
Release Date:November 1993
Publisher:Vintage
Length:1072 Pages
Weight:2.03 lbs.
Dimensions:1.8" x 5.4" x 7.9"
Customer Reviews
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A reliable guide and reference
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I found this book an excellent foundation for understanding the many faces of American Judaism. I had the opportunity to read the whole book cover to cover while recovering from an accident, and found that it fleshed out facets of the Jewish experience I had heard about elsewhere. Some of my perceptions of history were challenged, all were deepened. And I still use it as a reference.
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