The Jewish People in America: Five Volume Boxed Set [Hardcover]

Professor Henry L. Feingold (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 080184486X | ISBN-13: 978-0801844867 | Publication Date: September 1, 1992 | Edition: Seventh Edition.

Sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society in its centennial year, this is a five-volume boxed set which chronicles Jewish life in the United States from colonial times to the present. The authors explore the roots of Jewish immigration, the experience of settling in America, economic and social adjustment, religious developments and educational aspirations, political involvements, and the experience from generation to generation of what it means to be at once both Jewish and American.

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Five Volume Boxed Set "I have been teaching American history for thirty-eight years, but I was frankly astonished by much of the information contained in...[the] generally outstanding five volumes sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society in its centennial year."--David Brion Davis, 'New Republic' "A series like 'The Jewish People in America' has been badly needed... As a Jew who knows too little of the history of my own people in America, I am particularly grateful."--Jonathan Kozol, author of 'Death at an Early Age' and 'Savage Inequalities' "The most comprehensive narrative ever attempted of Jewish American life...An enduring gift."--'Philadelphia Inquirer.' "Excellent...[Feingold's] choices for the authors of the volumes were superb and each of the individuals has written a thoroughly engaging, carefully researched, and professionally impressive synthesis of an aspect of the American Jewish past."--'Journal of Social History'

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1616 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Seventh Edition. edition (September 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080184486X
• ISBN-13: 978-0801844867
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.4 x 6.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,002,408 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sponsored by the American Jewish Historical Society as part of the centennial celebration, The Jewish People in America chronicles Jewish life in the United States from colonial times to the present. Drawing on the talents of five historians, the series offers a balanced historical synthesis for general readers as well as professional historians. Each of the five volumes integrates common themes: the roots of Jewish immigrations, the experience of settling in America, economic and social adjustment, religious developments and educational aspirations, political involvements and, above all, the experience from generation to generation of what it means to be at once Jewish and American. The five books in the box set are: Volume 1 - A Time for Planting: The First Migration, 1754 - 1820 by Eli Faber. Volume 2 - A Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820 - 1880 by Hasia R. Diner. Volume 3 - A Time for Building: The Third Migration, 1880 - 1920 by Gerald Sorin. Volume 4 - A Time for Searching: Entering the Mainstream, 1920 - 1945 by Henry L. Feingold. Volume 5 - A Time for Healing: American Jewry since World War II by Edward S. Shapiro.