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United States Jewry, 1776-1985: Volume 3, the Germanic Period, Part 2 Vol. 3
Contributor(s): Marcus, Jacob Rader (Author)
ISBN: 0814344739     ISBN-13: 9780814344736
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
OUR PRICE:   $22.76  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Jewish - General
- Social Science | Jewish Studies
- History | United States - 19th Century
Dewey: 973.049
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6" W x 9" (2.78 lbs) 963 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
 
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In United States Jewry, 1776-1985, the dean of American Jewish historians, Jacob Rader Marcus, unfolds the history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry's cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America. Characterized by Marcus's impeccable scholarship, meticulous documentation, and readable style, this landmark four-volume set completes the history Marcus began in The Colonial American Jew, 1492-1776.

The third volume covers the period from 1860 to 1920, beginning with the Jews, slavery, and the Civil War, and concluding with the rise of Reform Judaism as well as the increasing spirit of secularization that characterized emancipated, prosperous, liberal Jewry before it was confronted by a rising tide of American anti-Semitism in the 1920s.