| Collation |
xviii, 439 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies |
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S. Mark Taper Foundation imprint in Jewish studies.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Boomtown : tumult and triumph in Gold Rush San Francisco -- Woven into the fabric : the confident community of the Gilded Age -- Rooted cosmopolitans : the cultural creativity of the second generation -- Eden of the Pacific : the challenges to Judaism at the turn of the century -- Healing California : Jewish reformers and revolutionaries in the progressive era -- Trials : firestorms and corruption, terrorism and world war -- With a Yiddish accent : East European Jewish neighborhoods -- Good times : the Jewish elite between the wars -- Both sides of the barricades : Jews and class conflict during the Depression -- Cataclysms : responses to the Holocaust and Zionism. |
| Note |
Weisenburger Endowment. |
| Subject |
Jews -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- History.
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San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations.
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| ISBN |
9780520259133 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0520259130 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520271302 (pbk.) |
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0520271300 (pbk.) |
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