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Jews in Nevada : a history /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reno :
University of Nevada Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Preface; Introduction: Celebrating Tradition and Resisting Assimilation; 1
- Peddlers and Merchants, 1850-1863; 2
- From Territory to Statehood, 1861-1865; 3
- Riveted Jeans, Shopkeepers, and Ranchers in Railroad Towns, 1868-1880; 4
- A Gunfighter, a Physician, an Alleged Arsonist, and a Reform Congregation, 1865-1885; 5
- Settling, Praying, Working, and Partying in the Halcyon Years, 1865-1880; 6
- Women, Their Children, and Their Occupations, 1860-1900; 7
- Coping with Depression, 1880-1910.
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- Dashed Hopes, New Discoveries, and the Goldfield Bubble, 1890-19209
- Building a Tourist Economy and a Permanent Synagogue, 1897-1946; 10
- The Early Years of Las Vegas, 1905-1955; 11
- Building a Temple, Keeping a Rabbi, and Schisms North and South, 1950-1980; 12
- Antisemitism in the Twentieth Century; 13
- Civil Rights and Uncommon Causes; 14
- The Varieties of Religious Observance, 1974-2005; 15
- Yiddishkeit, or Ways of Being Jewish, 1931-2005; 16
- Walking the Walk, 1970-2005; Conclusion: The Past Need not be Prologue; Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index.