Cosmopolitans : a social and cultural history of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area /
Levi Strauss, A.L. Gump, Yehudi Menuhin, Gertrude Stein, Adolph Sutro, Congresswoman Florence Prag Kahn--Jewish people have been so enmeshed in life in and around San Francisco that their story is a chronicle of the metropolis itself. Since the Gold Rush, Bay Area Jews have countered stereotypes, wo...
| Основен автор: | Rosenbaum, Fred. |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2009.
|
| Серия: |
S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=305975 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Cosmopolitans. |
| Резюме: |
Levi Strauss, A.L. Gump, Yehudi Menuhin, Gertrude Stein, Adolph Sutro, Congresswoman Florence Prag Kahn--Jewish people have been so enmeshed in life in and around San Francisco that their story is a chronicle of the metropolis itself. Since the Gold Rush, Bay Area Jews have countered stereotypes, working as farmers and miners, boxers and mountaineers. They were Gold Rush pioneers, Gilded Age tycoons, and Progressive Era reformers. Told through an astonishing range of characters and events, Cosmopolitans illuminates many aspects of Jewish life in the area: the high profile of Jewish women, extr. |
|---|---|
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii, 439 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-414) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780520945029 0520945026 |