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CITY OF PROMISES
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS OF NEW YORK, 3-VOLUME BOX SET |
| By: |
Howard B. Rock (Editor), Deborah Dash Moore (Editor), Jeffrey S. Gurock |
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Hardback |
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£82.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0814717314 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780814717318 |
| Publisher: |
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
10 September, 2012 |
| Series: |
City of Promises |
| Pages: |
1000 |
| Description: |
The first comprehensive examination of the lives of Jews throughout New York history |
| Synopsis: |
* "Bold, well-researched and beautifully-illustrated... A remarkable accomplishment." - Jonathan D. Sarna, Chief Historian, National Museum of American Jewish History * "Prodigious research and lucid prose." - Hasla R. Diner, Director, Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History * "A riveting account... Polland and Soyer bring the city's spaces to life." - Beth S. Wenger, Director, Jewish Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania * "Masterful and sensitively drawn... a penetrating blend of distinguished scholarship and acute observation... A vivid, richly detailed, and endlessly fascinating narrative... Balanced, engrossing, and learned. Read and enjoy!" - Thomas Kessner, Distinguished Professor of History, City University of New York Graduate School * "Lively, much-needed... All three volumes are briskly paced, well-researched and insightful." - Starred Kirkus * "A highly valuable and vastly immersing study." - Publishers Weekly * "An important contribution to our understanding of New York's Jews." - The Buffalo Jewish Review * "Will long remain an invaluable resource." - Choice "A whopping big yarn, a moveable feast of a story." - Jewish Review of Books |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
New York University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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