| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Ohio River Valley series |
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Ohio River Valley series.
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| Contents |
On the Frontier -- From Europe to the Ohio River Valley -- Finding and founding communities -- Religious conflicts and congruity -- A Judaism for the middle class -- The community within a community -- Maintaining community -- The East European immigration and the reconfiguration of community -- Communities at maturity -- The demise of community |
| Summary |
In Jewish Communities on the Ohio River, Amy Hill Shevitz chronicles the settlement and development of small Jewish communities in towns along the river. In these small towns, Jewish citizens created networks of businesses and families that developed into a distinctive, nineteenth-century middle-class culture. As a minority group with a vital role in each community, Ohio Valley Jews fostered American religious pluralism as they constructed a regional identity. Their contributions to the culture and economy of the region countered the anti-Semitic sentiments of the period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Jews -- Ohio River Region -- History
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Jews -- Ohio River Region -- Politics and government
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Jews -- Ohio River Region -- Social life and customs
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007014320 |
| ISBN |
0813138434 (electronic bk.) |
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0813172160 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813138435 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813172163 (electronic bk.) |
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