The provincials : a personal history of Jews in the South / Eli N. Evans ; with photographs and a new introduction by the author ; foreword by Willie Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Eli N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Southern States.

Jews.

Southern States--Ethnic relations.

Southern States.

Evans, Eli N.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This portrait of Jews in the South takes readers inside the nexus of southern and Jewish histories, from the earliest immigrants to the present day. This edition includes a gallery of more than two dozen family and historical photographs as well as a new introduction by the author.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Coming Home; The Beginning; I. TOBACCO TOWN JEWS; II. THE IMMIGRANTS; III. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CONFORMITY; IV. COMING OF AGE; V. DISCRIMINATION; VI. JEWS AND BLACKS; Appendix A. Jews Elected to Office in the South, 1800–1920; Appendix B. Jews Elected to Public Office in the South, 1945–1973; Appendix C. Shifts in Jewish Population in Southern States, 1937–2000; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author;

Notes:

Previously published: New York : Free Press Paperbacks, 1997. With additional material.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9798890880345

9780807876343

0807876348

OCLC:

476236607