Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xi, 356 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates)
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illustrations
ISBN:
9781442686656
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1442686650
Content:
"The 1960s witnessed a radical transformation in the Canadian Jewish community. The erosion of longstanding barriers of anti-Semitism resulted in increased access for Jews to the economic, political, and social Canadian mainstream. Arguing paradoxically that even as Canada became more accepting, Canadian Jews became more focused on Jewish identity, The Defining Decade examines how the 1960s redefined what it meant to be a Canadian Jew and a Jewish Canadian
Content:
Domestic events such as the Quiet Revolution, the eruption of Neo-Nazi activity, the election of Pierre Elliot Trudeau, and the promise of multiculturalism combined with international affairs such as the Six Day War, Arab rejectionism with regards to Israel, and the explosion of Soviet Jewish activisim to radically reshape Canadian Jewish priorities. In tracing the rapid changes of this tumultuous decade, Harold Troper draws upon a wealth of historical documentation, including more than eighty interviews, to demonstrate that the expression of Canadian Jewishness was an increasingly public - and political - commitment."--Pub. desc
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-334) and index
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Of faith and thanksgiving -- A third solitude -- Second city -- The last Torah in the fire -- Prestige pride -- The maddest and most passionate fling -- Let them have it.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442641143
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442641142
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442610460
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1442610468
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Troper, Harold Martin, 1942- Defining decade Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2010
Language:
English
Author information:
Troper, Harold Martin 1942-
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