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Author Hagy, James William

Title This happy land : the Jews of colonial and antebellum Charleston / James William Hagy
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 450 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Judaic studies series
Judaic studies series (Unnumbered)
Contents Ch. 1. Origins -- Ch. 2. Acceptance -- Ch. 3. Sense of Community -- Ch. 4. Living in Charleston -- Ch. 5. The Birth of Reform Judaism -- Ch. 6. The Family -- Ch. 7. Occupations of Men -- Ch. 8. Women and Work -- Ch. 9. Reform in Beth Elohim and Schism
Summary Includes information on places of origin, marriages, children, and deaths. Examines the roles that women played in business, the causes of mortality, the antebellum Jewish family, the common aspects of life, and relations between Jews and African-Americans
Analysis Charleston (S.C.) Ethnic relations
Charleston (S.C.) History 1775-1865
Charleston (S.C.) History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Jews History South Carolina Charleston
Reform Judaism History South Carolina Charleston
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-438) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Reform Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
HISTORY -- State & Local.
Ethnic relations
Jews
Reform Judaism
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.
Reform Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston.
SUBJECT Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85022687
Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85022689
Charleston (S.C.) -- Ethnic relations
Subject South Carolina -- Charleston
United States, South Carolina, Charleston -- Jewish history.
United States, South Carolina, Charleston -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 92012171
ISBN 0585335532
9780585335537