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Author Cantor, Judith Levin, 1928-

Title Jews in Michigan / Judith Levin Cantor
Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (93 pages) : illustrations
Series Discovering the peoples of Michigan
Discovering the peoples of Michigan.
Contents Opportunities and Challenges -- A Statewide Presence -- A New Era of Industry -- World War I and its Aftermath -- The Second World War and Its Legacy -- SIDEBARS -- "Bridge at Mackinac" -- Myra Wolfgang -- "A Tribute to Hank Greenberg" -- Medal of Honor
Summary Since the earliest days of the British fur trade, Jewish pioneers have made Michigan their home. Judith Levin Cantor''s Jews in Michigan captures the struggles and triumphs of Michigan''s Jews as they worked to establish farms, businesses and synagogues, sparking commercial and residential development throughout the state, and even into the far reaches of the Upper Peninsula. Cantor celebrates both urban and rural immigrants, who supplied essential goods and services to those in lumbering, mining, and automobile manufacturing. She also deals honestly with questions of anti-Semitism and prejud
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-82) and index
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Subject Jews -- Michigan -- History
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Ethnic relations.
Jews.
SUBJECT Michigan -- Ethnic relations
Subject Michigan.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
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