Daughters of Israel, daughters of the South : Southern Jewish women and identity in the antebellum and Civil War South /
An examination of southern Jewish womanhood during the antebellum and Civil War eras. It finds that in the Protestant South, southern Jewish women created and maintained unique American Jewish identities, and examines how these women fought proselytization, challenged anti-Semitism, promoted their o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brighton, Mass. :
Academic Studies Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Out of series.
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| Summary: | An examination of southern Jewish womanhood during the antebellum and Civil War eras. It finds that in the Protestant South, southern Jewish women created and maintained unique American Jewish identities, and examines how these women fought proselytization, challenged anti-Semitism, promoted their own status and legitimacy as southerners and more. |
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| Physical Description: | 260 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781618112064 (hbk.) 1618112066 (hbk.) |