Passages through the fire : Jews and the Civil War / foreword by Ken Burns ; exhibition curator Ken Yellis ; Publications staff project manager [and editor] Jeffrey Edelstein ; cartographer Adrian Kitzinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Ken, 1953- author of foreword.

Contributor:

Yellis, Ken, exhibition curator.

Edelstein, Jeffrey, editor.

Kitzinger, Adrian, cartographer.

American Jewish Historical Society.

Yeshiva University. Museum.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yeshiva University. Museum.

American Jewish Historical Society.

Jews.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Jews--Exhibitions.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Jewish--Exhibitions.

Jews--United States--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Jews--United States--History--19th century--Maps.

American Jewish Historical Society--Exhibitions.

Yeshiva University. Museum--Exhibitions.

Yeshiva University.

Genre:

Maps.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

134 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Jews and the Civil War

Place of Publication:

New York : American Jewish Historical Society ; Yeshiva University Museum, 2013.

Contents:

Foreword / Ken Burns

Preface / Jonathan Karp, Jacob Wisse

Jews and the Civil War / Jonathan D. Sarna

The Ardent Americans / Ken Yellis

Passages through the Fire exhibition photographs

An interview with Civil War Judaica collector Robert D. Marcus / Jonathan Karp

Upheaval, innovation, and transformation : New York City Jews and the Civil War / Howard B. Rock.

Notes:

"Exhibition on view : American Jewish Historical Society and Yeshiva University Museum, March 10-August 11, 2013 ; Jewish Museum of Maryland, October 13, 2013-February 28, 2014" -- page [2].

Maps of Jews in the United States in 1840 and 1860, on inside of jacket, created by Adrian Kitzinger for the exhibition.

OCLC:

866941345