City of promises :: a history of the Jews of New York /

"Volume I, Haven of Liberty, by historian Howard B. Rock, chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York (then New Amsterdam) in 1654 and highlights their political and economic challenges. Overcoming significant barriers, colonial and republican Jews in New York laid the foundations for...

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Weitere Verfasser: Moore, Deborah Dash, 1946-, Rock, Howard B., 1944-, Polland, Annie, 1973-, Soyer, Daniel, Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, ©2012.
Schriftenreihe:City of Promises ; 3
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Zusammenfassung:"Volume I, Haven of Liberty, by historian Howard B. Rock, chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York (then New Amsterdam) in 1654 and highlights their political and economic challenges. Overcoming significant barriers, colonial and republican Jews in New York laid the foundations for the development of a thriving community. -- Volume II, Emerging Metropolis, written by Annie Polland and Daniel Soyer, describes New York's transformation into a Jewish city. Focusing on the urban Jewish built environment--its tenements and banks, synagogues and shops, department stores and settlement houses--it conveys the extraordinary complexity of Jewish immigrant society. -- Volume III, Jews in Gotham, by historian Jeffrey S. Gurock, highlights neighborhood life as the city's distinctive feature. New York retained its preeminence as the capital of American Jews because of deep roots in local worlds that supported vigorous political, religious, and economic diversity. -- Each volume includes a "visual essay" by art historian Diana Linden interpreting aspects of life for New York's Jews from their arrival until today. These illustrated sections, many in color, illuminate Jewish material culture and feature reproductions of early colonial portraits, art, architecture, as well as everyday culture and community."--Publisher's website.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (3 volumes) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780814729328
0814729320
9780814745212
0814745210
9780814776926
0814776922

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