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The rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn an American story

Title
The rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn [electronic resource] : an American story / Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler.
Author
Blumin, Stuart M.
Publication
Ithaca, New York : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.

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Additional Authors
Altschuler, Glenn C.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 280 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Summary
"A history of Brooklyn to 1930, emphasizing the development of a Protestant hegemony in the nineteenth century, and its erosion and collapse under successive waves of immigration-first of Irish and Germans during the nineteenth century, and then Jews, Italians, and other Eastern and Southern Europeans in the early years of the twentieth century"--
Uniform Title
Rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn (Online)
Alternative Title
Rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn (Online)
Subject
  • Protestantism > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century
  • Protestantism > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Prologue: America's Brooklyn -- Brooklyn Village -- The City of Brooklyn -- On the waterfront -- Toward a New Brooklyn -- Newcomers -- Transformation -- Acceptance, resistance, flight -- Epilogue: Brooklyn's America.
LCCN
2021052025
OCLC
ssj0002677317
Author
Blumin, Stuart M.
Title
The rise and fall of Protestant Brooklyn [electronic resource] : an American story / Stuart M. Blumin and Glenn C. Altschuler.
Imprint
Ithaca, New York : Three Hills, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Altschuler, Glenn C.
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