Jewish Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook - Couverture rigide

Medoff, Rafael

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1576073149 ISBN 13 : 9781576073148

Editeur : ABC-CLIO, 2002

Synopsis

This handbook addresses how the Jewish American community emerged from obscurity to play a role in behind-the-scenes power politics and finally appeared center stage.

Jewish Americans and Political Participation explores the rise of the Jewish people from hardscrabble immigrants to the highest echelons of political power. The book provides an overview of American Jewish life, including the impact of immigration, domestic antisemitism, the Holocaust, and U.S–Israel relations. A chapter is devoted to protest politics, covering such events as President Grant's Order #11 (expulsion edict), tenants and shirtwaist-makers strikes, the 1943 rabbis march on Washington, and Jewish responses to the Rosenberg case.

The book also covers participation in social movements such as abolition, Jewish defense organizations, and the New Left. A chapter is devoted to Jewish participation in electoral politics, from Jewish interest in early socialism to Jewish advisers and the emergence of Jewish conservatism. There are also biographies of Jewish American officials and political officeholders.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rafael Medoff, PhD, is visiting scholar in Jewish studies at Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY and associate editor of American Jewish History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ABC-CLIO
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1576073149
• ISBN 13: 9781576073148
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 371
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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