Jews on the frontier :: religion and mobility in nineteenth-century America /

'Jews on the Frontier' is a religious history of the United States that begins in an unexpected place: on the road with mobile Jews. It follows them out of eastern cities and into the American frontier, where they found unprecedented economic opportunity but also anonymity, loneliness, ins...

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1. Verfasser: Rabin, Shari (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : New York University Press, [2017]
Schriftenreihe:North American religions.
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Zusammenfassung:'Jews on the Frontier' is a religious history of the United States that begins in an unexpected place: on the road with mobile Jews. It follows them out of eastern cities and into the American frontier, where they found unprecedented economic opportunity but also anonymity, loneliness, instability, mistrust, scarcity, and diversity, all of which complicated the many legal obligations of traditional Jewish life.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781479850433
1479850438
9781479869855
1479869856

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