Haven of Liberty : : New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 /

Haven of Liberty : : New York Jews in the New World, 1654-1865 / / Howard B. Rock.

Haven of Liberty chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York in 1654 and highlights the role of republicanism in shaping their identity and institutions. Rock follows the Jews of NewYork through the Dutch and British colonial eras, the American Revolution and early republic, and the antebel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Rock, Howard B.,
MitwirkendeR:
Linden, Diana L.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:City of Promises ; 1
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • GENERAL EDITOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. A Dutch Beginning
  • CHAPTER 2. A Merchant Community
  • CHAPTER 3. A Synagogue Community
  • CHAPTER 4. The Jewish Community and the American Revolution
  • CHAPTER 5. Th e Jewish Community of Republican New York
  • CHAPTER 6. A Republican Faith
  • CHAPTER 7. New York’s Republican Rabbi and His Congregation
  • CHAPTER 8. Beyond the Synagogue in Antebellum New York
  • CHAPTER 9. Division, Display, Devotion, and Defense: Th e Synagogue in Antebellum New York
  • CHAPTER 10. The Challenge of Reform
  • CHAPTER 11. Politics, Race, and the Civil War
  • Conclusion
  • VISUAL ESSAY. An Introduction to the Visual and Material Culture of New York City Jews, 1654 – 1865
  • NOTES
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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