| Description |
428 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-399) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Who are the Jews in America? -- New Amsterdam : the last stop -- Puritans and Jews : truth vs error -- Colonial Jews : almost free -- Revolutionaries-and some Tories -- James Madison's America -- Patriots in the new nation -- The German Jews arrive -- Worshiping America -- Getting rich quick -- The Russian Jews arrive -- "This is our country" -- The invention of the Jewish mother -- The Russians defeat the Germans -- Closing the gates -- Children of the ghetto -- FDR : the benevolent king of the Jews -- After the war -- The conquest of the suburbs -- With JFK, to power -- Turmoil at home, glory to Israel --Conclusion : the end of immigrant memory-what can replace it? |
| Subject |
Jews -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
0671627090: $22.95 |
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