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The Jews In America: Four Centuries Of An Uneasy Encounter : A History

A controversial examination of the Jewish ''success story" in American that questions notions of identity, assimilation, and ethnicity. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Hardcover: 428 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprinted edition (November 1989)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0671627090

ISBN-13: 978-0671627096

Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Herzberg clearly explains the circumstances of the history of Jews in American from pre-colonial to modern times. It's well written and shows a high level of research and understanding of his subject.

I am a member of a group of women that reads books slowly and discusses what we read on a weekly basis. We have a leader who assigns additional things for us to look up and do. We have taken this book and have picked people mentioned in the book to read and write about, either in the first person, as journal entries or in the third person. It has been very enjoyable and has brought the book and our history more alive that way. I had reservations about the book because of not very good reviews on the first publication. The author has a new foreword and has adjusted the book answering all the problems that were in the first publication. I am enjoying this newer edition.

This was a wonderful book that I purchased for my Dad more than 25 years ago. When a friend expressed an interest in Jewish history here in the U.S. I bought for her as a gift.

I ordered this book to replace a borrowed one. I was embarassed at itsloss and wanted it to replace it quickly. the book arrived quickly justas promised.

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