Title Exploring American Jewish history through 50 historic treasures / Avi Y. Decter.

Publication Info.

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bristol, Main Library - New Materials	973.04924 DECTER	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - New Materials	973.049 DECTER	DUE 05-15-24
West Hartford Public Library		On Order

Description	280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	AASLH : Interpreting history
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Jewish Life in Early America (up to 1820) -- Jews in the Short 19th Century (1820-1880) -- The Great Migration (1880-1920) -- Getting Comfortable in America (1920-1967) -- Contemporary Life and Its Challenges (1967 to Date).
Summary	"This full-color book offers students and general readers new perspectives on the rich complexity of Jewish experiences in America. Each of the treasures is described in historical, material, and visual contexts, offering readers new, unexpected insights into the meanings of Jewish life, history, and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Jews -- Material culture -- United States.
	Jews -- United States -- Social life and customs.
	Jews -- United States -- History.
	United States -- Social life and customs.
	Jews (OCoLC)fst00983135
	Jews -- Material culture (OCoLC)fst00983304
	Jews -- Social life and customs (OCoLC)fst00983364
	Manners and customs (OCoLC)fst01007815
	United States (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	History (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Exploring American Jewish history through fifty historic treasures
Other Form:	Online version: Decter, Avi Y. Exploring American Jewish history through 50 historic treasures Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023] 9781538115626 (DLC) 2023027364
ISBN	9781538115619 (cloth)
	1538115611
	9781538115626 (ebook)

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