Antisemitism in America / Leonard Dinnerstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dinnerstein, Leonard, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antisemitism--United States--History.

Antisemitism.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 369 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Is antisemitism on the rise in America? Did the ""hymietown"" comment by Jesse Jackson and the Crown Heights riot signal a resurgence of antisemitism among blacks? The surprising answer to both questions, according to Leonard Dinnerstein, is no--Jews have never been more at home in America. But what we are seeing today, he writes, are the well-publicized results of a long tradition of prejudice, suspicion, and hatred against Jews--the direct product of the Christian teachings underlying so much of America's national heritage. In Antisemitism in America, Leonard Dinnerstein provides a landmark

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Prologue: The Christian Heritage; 1: Colonial Beginnings (1607-1790); 2: Developing Patterns (1790s-1865); 3: The Emergence of an Antisemitic Society (1865-1900); 4: Racism and Antisemitism in Progressive America (1900-1919); 5: Erecting Barriers and Narrowing Opportunities (1919-1933); 6: The Depression Era (1933-1939); 7: Antisemitism at High Tide: World War II (1939-1945); 8: The Tide Ebbs (1945-1969); 9: Antisemitism and Jewish Anxieties in the South (1865-1980s); 10: African-American Atittudes (1830s-1990s)

11: At Home in America (1969-1992)Summary and Conclusion; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197711415

0197711413

9780190282820

0190282827

9780198020837

019802083X

9781423734468

1423734467

9780195313543

0195313542

9781602566378

1602566372

OCLC:

527355589