Transnational Traditions New Perspectives on American Jewish History

Publication/Creation:

Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, 2014

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Transnational Traditions New Perspectives on American Jewish History / edited by Ava F. Kahn and Adam D. Mendelsohn

Related/Included Titles:

Roaming the Rim : how rabbis, convicts, and fortune seekers shaped Pacific Coast Jewry.

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Kahn, Ava Fran. Roaming the Rim: how rabbis, convicts, and fortune seekers shaped Pacific Coast Jewry
Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979-
Kahn, Ava Fran

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Jewish diaspora--History
Jews--United States--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

An Anglophone diaspora -- From Europe to America and back again -- Immigrant as transnational -- Creating new homelands in Argentina, America, and Israel.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Shows the extensive bonds that flourished among Jews around the world, linked through the United States, the most popular destination spot in the great age of migration. The book proves both the fluidity of national boundaries and the centrality of the United States in modern Jewish history.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

General Note:

Includes index.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936950576002486

ISBN:

0-8143-3862-3

OCLC Number:

899263970