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Haven of Liberty 1654-1865 (Volume 1, City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York) by Rock, Howard B., Moore, Deborah Dash, Gurock, Jeffrey S., Polland, Annie, Soyer, Daniel, Linden, Diana L. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Winner of the 2012 National Jewish Book Award, presented by the National Jewish Book Council New York Jews, so visible and integral to the culture, economy and politics of America's greatest city, has eluded the grasp of historians for decades. Surprisingly, no comprehensive history of New York Jews has ever been written. City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, a three volume set of original research, pioneers a path-breaking interpretation of a Jewish urban community at once the largest in Jewish history and most important in the modern world. Volume I, Haven of Liberty, by historian Howard B. Rock, chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York (then New Amsterdam) in 1654 and highlights their political and economic challenges. Overcoming significant barriers, colonial and republican Jews in New York laid the foundations for the development of a thriving community. Volume II, Emerging Metropolis, written by Annie Polland and Daniel Soyer, describes New York's transformation into a Jewish city. Focusing on the urban Jewish built environment—its tenements and banks, synagogues and shops, department stores and settlement houses—it conveys the extraordinary complex
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- Author
- Rock, Howard B., Moore, Deborah Dash, Gurock, Jeffrey S., Polland, Annie, Soyer, Daniel, Linden, Diana L.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780814732250
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Travel, History, Sociology
Other editions & translations
- City of promises : a history of the Jews of New York. Volume 1, Haven of liberty : New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 (2012)
- City of Promises: A History of the Jews of New York, 3-volume box set (City of Promises, 3) (2012)
- City Of Promises: A History Of The Jews Of New York History Of The Jews Of New York A History Of The Jews Of New York Haven Of Liberty New York Jews In The New (2012)
- City of Promises : A History of the Jews of New York, 3-volume Box Set (2012)
- A History of the Jews of New York. Volume 1, Haven of Liberty : New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 (2013)
- City of promises : a history of the Jews of New York. Volume 1, Haven of liberty : New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 (2013)
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