Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History (Brandeis Series

Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)
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Jews have long been a presence in the American South, first arriving in the late seventeenth century as part of exploratory voyages from Europe to the New World. Two of the nationâ€™s earliest Jewish communities were founded in Savannah in 1733 and Charleston in 1749. By 1800, more Jews lived in Charleston than in New York City. Today, Jews comprise less than one half of one percent of the southern population but provide critical sustenance and support for their communities.

Nonetheless, southern Jews have perplexed scholars. For more than a century, historians have wrestled with various questions. Why study southern Jewish history? What is the southern Jewish experience? Is southern Jewish culture distinctive from that of other regions of the country, and if so, why?

Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History addresses these questions through the voices of a new generation of scholars of the Jewish South. Each of this bookâ€™s thirteen chapters reflects a response with particular attention paid to new studies on women and gender; black/Jewish relations and the role of race, politics, and economic life; popular and material culture; and the changes wrought by industrialization and urbanization in the twentieth century. Essays address historical issues from the colonial era to the present and in every region of the South. Topics include assimilation and American Jewish identity, southern Jewish women writers, the Jewish Confederacy, Jewish peddlers, southern Jewish racial identity, black/Jewish relations, demographic change, the rise of American Reform Judaism, and Jews in southern literature.
Country USA
Brand Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer Brandeis University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781584655893
ReleaseDate 2018-11-08
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781584655893

Country	USA
Brand	Brandeis University Press
Manufacturer	Brandeis University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781584655893
ReleaseDate	2018-11-08
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781584655893

Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History (Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life)

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