RT Book
T1 Jewish experiences across the Americas: local stories through global lenses
A2 Rac, Katalin Franciska
A2 Ureña Valerio, Lenny A. 1977-
LA English
PP Gainesville
PB University of Florida Press
YR 2023
ED First paperback printing
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1852814829
AB "This volume explores the local specificities and global forces that shaped Jewish experiences in the Americas across five centuries, illuminating the culturally, religiously, and politically diverse lives of Jewish minorities in the Western Hemisphere"--
AB "This volume explores the local specificities and global forces that shaped Jewish experiences in the Americas across five centuries. Featuring a range of case studies by scholars from the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Israel, it explores the culturally, religiously, and politically diverse lives of Jewish minorities in the Western Hemisphere.The chapters are organized chronologically and trace four global forces: the western expansion of early modern European empires, Jewish networks across and beyond empires, migration, and Jewish activism and participation in international ideological movements. The volume weaves together into one narrative the histories of communities and individuals separated by time and space, such as the descendants of Portuguese converts, Moroccan immigrants to Brazil, and U.S.-based Yiddish movie makers.Through its transnational focus and close attention paid to local circumstances, this volume offers new insights into the multicultural pasts of the Americas' Jewish populations and of the different regions that make up North, Central, and South America"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN E184.35
SN 9781683403845
K1 Jews : United States : History
K1 Judaism : United States : History
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
K1 HISTORY / Latin America / General
K1 United States : Civilization : Jewish influences
K1 Aufsatzsammlung