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Jews in America : from New Amsterdam to the Yiddish stage

Title
Jews in America : from New Amsterdam to the Yiddish stage / Stephen D. Corrsin, Amanda Seigel, Kenneth Benson ; preface, Anthony W. Marx ; introduction, Jonathan D. Sarna.
Author
Corrsin, Stephen D.
Publication
[New York] : The New York Public Library, in association with D Giles Limited, London, [2012]

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TextUse in library JFF 16-1152Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121
TextUse in library Desk-MDET 15-3770Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Reference Room 308
TextNo restrictions *R-JWS E184.35 .C695 2012Schwarzman Building - Dorot Jewish Division Reference Room 111
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Additional Authors
  • Seigel, Amanda
  • Benson, Kenneth C.
  • Sarna, Jonathan D.
  • Marx, Anthony W.
  • New York Public Library.
Description
160 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, color maps; 26 cm
Alternative Title
Jewes in America: conquistadors, Knickerbockers, pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel.
Subject
  • New York Public Library > Exhibitions
  • New York Public Library
  • 1861-1865
  • Jews > United States > History
  • Jews > America > History
  • Jews > United States > Emigration and immigration
  • Jews > United States > Politics and government
  • Jews > Cultural assimilation > United States
  • Judaism > United States > History
  • Jews in public life > United States
  • Antisemitism > United States > History
  • Antisemitism
  • Ethnic relations
  • Jews
  • Jews > Cultural assimilation
  • Jews in public life
  • Jews > Migrations
  • Jews > Politics and government
  • Judaism
  • United States > History > Jews. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > Ethnic relations
  • America
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "This volume grew out of the exhibition Jewes in America: Conquistadors, Knickerbockers, Pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel ... in The New York Public Library's Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery, September 21-November 13, 2004"--Title page verso.
  • "All materials reproduced ... are from the collections of The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations"--Page 156.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Discovery -- New Christians, conversion and the Inquisition : the Dutch and the Portuguese in Brazil, Suriname and the Caribbean -- Arriving in New Amsterdam -- and then, New York -- Jewish Indians, Puritans and Quakers, the Christian millennium and the Hope of Israel -- Communities and constitutions in colonial North America -- The long nineteenth century of the Jews in America : The Civil War ; Religious developments ; Community ; Yiddish popular culture: literature, theater and the press.
Call Number
E184.35
ISBN
  • 9781904832225
  • 1904832229
LCCN
2012017848
OCLC
793340183
Author
Corrsin, Stephen D., author.
Title
Jews in America : from New Amsterdam to the Yiddish stage / Stephen D. Corrsin, Amanda Seigel, Kenneth Benson ; preface, Anthony W. Marx ; introduction, Jonathan D. Sarna.
Publisher
[New York] : The New York Public Library, in association with D Giles Limited, London, [2012]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1861-1865
Added Author
Seigel, Amanda, author.
Benson, Kenneth C., author.
Sarna, Jonathan D., writer of introduction.
Marx, Anthony W., writer of preface.
New York Public Library.
Added Title
Jewes in America: conquistadors, Knickerbockers, pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel.
Research Call Number
*R-JWS E184.35 .C695 2012
Desk MDET 15-3770
JFF 16-1152
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