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The Grandees: The Story of America's Sephardic Elite (Modern Jewish History) by Stephen Birmingham is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Grandees: The Story of America's Sephardic Elite (Modern Jewish History) about?
Descendants of the original 23 Jewish families who arrived in New York in 1654, the Sephardic Jews began a tradition of wealth, pride & exclusiveness that continues to this day. Stephen Birmingham sheds light on this segment of Jewish society who viewed other Jews as peasants & ardently shunned all publicity. It's the story of over three centuries of power, achievement, scandal, folly, elegant lifestyles & sometimes flamboyant personalities--a story only Stephen Birmingham could tell with characteristic spellbinding skill.
Who reads The Grandees: The Story of America's Sephardic Elite (Modern Jewish History)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Stephen Birmingham
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780815604594
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Biography
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