Format:
1 online resource (273 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780814744093
Series Statement:
Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History Ser
Content:
· "A provocative study." - Publishers Weekly · "A fascinating, nuanced social history." - Kirkus · "Lively, well-researched, and comprehensive." - Jonathan D. Sarna, author of American Judaism · "Imaginatively conceived, fiercely researched, beautifully written." - Stephen J. Whitfield, author In Search of American Jewish Culture · "Groundbreaking study… deftly blends social and cultural history." - Tony Michels, author of A Fire in Their Hearts · "Engrossing and well-written." - Jewish Book Council · "Thoughtful, instructive, and often insightful." - The New York Times Book Review · "A comprehensive look at a little-discussed historical subject." - Jenny Hendrix, Forward · "Fascinating, academically sophisticated, and superbly written." - Tablet Magazine · "Informative and entertaining." - Glen C. Altschuler, San Francisco Chronicle · "Touches on a most important topic… fascinating work." - David Geffen, International Jerusalem Post · "Interesting, anecdotes, facts and figures… charming history to make the reader thirsty for another round." - Evan Rail, Times Literary Supplement "An excellent book… A complex and sophisticated narrative." - Journal of American History.
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: ALCOHOL AND ACCULTURATION -- 1 Setting up Shop: Jews Becoming Americans in the Nineteenth-Century Alcohol Trade -- 2 "Do as We Israelites Do": American Jews and the Gilded Age Temperance Movement -- PART II: ALCOHOL AND ANTI-SEMITISM -- 3 Kosher Wine and Jewish Saloons: New Jewish Immigrants Enter the American Alcohol Trade -- 4 An "Unscrupulous Jewish Type of Mind": Jewish Alcohol Entrepreneurs and Their Critics -- PART III: JEWS AND THE PROHIBITION ERA -- 5 Rabbis and Other Bootleggers: Jews as Prohibition-Era Alcohol Entrepreneurs -- 6 "The Law of the Land Is the Law": Jews Respond to the Volstead Act -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- About the Author.
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Setting up shop: Jews becoming Americans in the nineteenth-century alcohol tradeDo as we Israelites do: American Jews and the gilded-age temperance movement -- Kosher wine and Jewish saloons: new Jewish immigrants enter the American alcohol trade -- An "unscrupulous Jewish type of mind": Jewish alcohol entrepreneurs and their critics -- Rabbis and other bootleggers: Jews as prohibition-era alcohol entrepreneurs -- The law of the land is the law: Jews respond to the Volstead Act.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814720288
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780814720288
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
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