American Judaism / by Nathan Glazer.

Author/Creator:

Glazer, Nathan.

Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1957.

Series:

Chicago history of American civilization.
Chicago history of American civilization

Format/Description:

Book
xi, 175 pages ; 21 cm.

Subjects:

Judaism -- United States -- History.
Jews -- United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Religion.
Jews -- Social conditions.
Judaism.
Religion.
United States.

Form/Genre:

History.

Place of Publication:

United States Illinois Chicago.

Contents:

Beginnings of American Judaism, 1654-1825
The German immigration and the shaping of reform, 1825-94
Reformers and conservatives, 1880-1900
The East European migration, 1880-1920
Judaism and Jewishness, 1920-40
The Jewish revival, 1940-56
The religion of American Jews.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index.

Local notes:

Acc.# 9767, 9769
Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
Potok Collection copy has Herman Potok's inscription, dated February 1959.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
Potok, Chaim (inscription) (Potok Collection copy)

Penn Chronology:

1957

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

239461

Loading...