- Description
- x, 300 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In The Holocaust Averted, Jeffrey Gurock imagines what might have happened to the Jewish community in the United States if the Holocaust had never occurred and forces readers to contemplate how the road to acceptance and empowerment for today’s American Jews could have been harder than it actually was.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- A world at war, 1938 -- American Jewry in the late 1930s: a respite for an insecure community -- Conflicting challenges for an America at peace, 1938-1944 -- Without the 'boss': American Jewry's concerns, 1940-1944 -- The Eastern European threat and an end to U.S. isolationism, 1944-1945 -- Divided allegiances: American Jews and Israel, 1944-1950 -- Suburban Jewish cul de sacs, 1950-1960 -- The 1960s and the trials of acceptance for American Jews -- Unending dilemmas: Israelis, Arabs, the world powers and American Jews -- Conclusion alternate history and the realities of American Jewish life.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-3353
- ISBN
- 9780813572376
- 0813572371
- 0813572398
- 9780813572390
- 0813572401
- 9780813572406
- 9780813572390 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780813572406 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- OCLC
- 881280217
- Author
Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949- author.
- Title
The Holocaust averted : an alternate history of American Jewry, 1938-1967 / Jeffrey S. Gurock.
- Publisher
New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
- Copyright Date
©2015
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
- Other Standard Identifier
40024749789
- Research Call Number
JFE 15-3353