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The Jewish Confederates

By: Robert N. Rosen

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Details Jewish participation on the Civil War battlefield and throughout the Southern home front In The Jewish Confederates, Robert N. Rosen introduces readers to the community of Southern Jews of the 1860s, revealing the remarkable breadth of Southern Jewry's participation in the war and their commitment to the Confederacy. Intrigued by the apparent irony of their story, Rosen weaves a complex chronicle that outlines how Southern Jews—many of them recently arrived immigrants from Bavaria, Prussia, Hungary, and Russia who had fled European revolutions and anti-Semitic governments—attempted to navigate the fraught landscape of the American Civil War. This chronicle relates the experiences of officers, enlisted men, businessmen, politicians, nurses, rabbis, and doctors. Rosen recounts the careers of important Jewish Confederates; namely, Judah P. Benjamin, a member of Jefferson Davis's cabinet; Col. Abraham C. Myers, quartermaster general of the Confederacy; Maj. Adolph Proskauer of the 125th Alabama; Maj. Alexander Hart of the Louisiana 5th; and Phoebe Levy Pember, the matron of Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital. He narrates the adventures and careers of Jewish officers and profiles the many Jewish soldiers who fought in infantry, cavalry, and artillery units in every major campaign.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1643362488

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9781643362489

The Forerunners

Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora

By: Robert P. Swierenga

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The Forerunners

Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora

By: Robert P. Swierenga

He details the contributions and the leadership provided by the Dutch Jews and relates how they lost their "Dutchnessand their Orthodoxy within several generations of their arrival here and were absorbed into broader American Judaism.

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Wayne State University Press

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081434416X

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9780814344163

Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

An Illustrated History of Parlors, Palaces and Multiplexes in the Metropolitan Area, 1894-1997

By: Robert K. Headley

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Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

An Illustrated History of Parlors, Palaces and Multiplexes in the Metropolitan Area, 1894-1997

By: Robert K. Headley

From inauspicious beginnings in the kinetoscope parlors and nickelodeons to the movie palaces of the golden era, and finally to the pared down multiplexes of today, this is the history of motion picture viewing in the nation's capital and vicinity. The research is supported by numerous interviews. The book includes a 200-page listing of all the movie theaters in the area past and present, with data such as location, dates of operation, architect, and seating capacity, as well as a summary of each theater's history and current status. Maps, drawings and photographs (most of which have never before been published) round out this comprehensive study.

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409

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McFarland

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1476608512

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9781476608518

Jews in Another Environment

Surinam in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

By: Robert Cohen

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Jews in Another Environment

Surinam in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

By: Robert Cohen

The most important Jewish center in the western hemisphere during the eighteenth century was "the great colony" - Surinam. There, Jews formed perhaps the most privileged Jewish community in the world. They were often plantation and slave owners, as well as a sizeable proportion of the white population. They had their own village, with extensive autonomous rights. This book is a study of the impact of environment on Jewish life in a colonial society. It analyzes the impact of environment upon migratory patterns, health and mortality, economic structures, intellectual life, and communal dynamics. Following the methods of social history, this book uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the impact of environment upon the modification of traditional values and modes of behavior. This is the first full-length monograph on Surinamese Jewry to appear in two hundred years. The first one, the Historical Essay of David Nassy, treated Jewish history as part of the colonial experience. This book treats the colonial experience as part of Jewish history.

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BRILL

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9004679081

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9789004679085

The Law Before the Law

By: Steven Robert Wilf

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The Law Before the Law

By: Steven Robert Wilf

This book is a study in the law that exists before the beginnings of law. It looks at one foundational moment, the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Drawing upon nearly two thousand years of Hebrew commentary, often scattered and fragmentary, The Law Before the Law seeks to ...

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Lexington Books

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0739123149

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9780739123140

Truman Black-Iron

By: Robert Blum

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Truman Black-Iron

By: Robert Blum

Freed from his shackles, psychic pain and despair are replaced by a strong desire to achieve a life replete with dignity and meaning. Truman Black-Iron's escape from slavery left his soul unfettered by festering bitterness. His heroism and sense of righteousness and generosity command respect, as he embraces the value of all humanity, rescuing white and black soldiers equally. Each generation of the Black-Iron family yields a Truman, who is a function of his legacy, his prophetic gift. Imminent peril awaits each Truman Black-Iron, as murder, espionage, war, lusty and forbidden sex, drugs, scandal, love and betrayal encumber their respective lives.

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348

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Simon and Schuster

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1611602467

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9781611602463

Mission in the Gospels

By: Robert Geoffrey Harris

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Mission in the Gospels

By: Robert Geoffrey Harris

Mission was at the heart of the life of the Early Church and the Gospels, yet very little attention has been given to the subject by New Testament scholars. The churches at the time of the Gospels were compelled to forge their own identity over and against Judaism. They were also wrestling with the practical and theological problems of successful mission to the Gentile nations. In this book, the author looks closely at the theme of mission in each of the Gospels before drawing his findings together and relating them to the life and the challenges faced by today's church.

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308

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Epworth Press

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0716205777

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9780716205777

AMEX

A History of the American Stock Exchange

By: Robert Sobel

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AMEX

A History of the American Stock Exchange

By: Robert Sobel

History of the American Stock Exchange, the nation's second largest organized securities complex, from its inception in 1921 to 1971.

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428

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Beard Books

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1893122484

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9781893122482

The Great Rent Wars

New York, 1917-1929

By: Robert M. Fogelson

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The Great Rent Wars

New York, 1917-1929

By: Robert M. Fogelson

Looks at landlord and tenant relations and rent control in New York City, from 1917 to 1929.

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Yale University Press

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0300191723

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9780300191721

An Outdoor Guide to Bartram's Travels

By: Charles D. Spornick,Alan Cattier,Robert J. Greene

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An Outdoor Guide to Bartram's Travels

By: Charles D. Spornick,Alan Cattier,Robert J. Greene

The author lovingly reconstructs the journey of eighteenth-century naturalist William Bartram, retracing his painstaking survey of the flora, fauna, and cultures of the American Southeast. (Travel)

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University of Georgia Press

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0820324388

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9780820324388

Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers

By: Robert Kirk Headley

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Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers

By: Robert Kirk Headley

The data abstracted herein have been collected from over 7,100 issues of eighty-one 18th-century Virginia newspapers."--Introduction.

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Genealogical Publishing Com

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0806311991

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9780806311999

Toshi American

By: Robert B. Whitebrook

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Toshi American

By: Robert B. Whitebrook

Toshi American is the story of two brave women, Toshi and Minako, traveling from Japan aboard the ship Mikado Maru. As they head to Hawaii for a better life their fates are forever changed when Toshi saves the life of a passenger named David Levy. But just who is this mysterious traveling professor and what is his connection to ancient Jewish history? Will he truly be able to help Toshi and Minako as they strive to establish themselves in their new homeland? With varying sways of moving plotline and heartfelt emotion, Toshi American will captivate readers.

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Vantage Press, Inc

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0533158575

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9780533158577

New Orleans Architecture

The University Section

By: Friends of the Cabildo,Robert J. Cangelosi,Dorothy G. Schlesinger

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New Orleans Architecture

The University Section

By: Friends of the Cabildo,Robert J. Cangelosi,Dorothy G. Schlesinger

This section of Uptown New Orleans gets its name from the various colleges and universities that have existed within its boundaries. Loyola and Tulane are two architecturally diverse universities that line St. Charles Avenue in this historic section. The architecture of this area ranges from the Gothic universities to the grand mansions that also line St. Charles Avenue to the modest shotgun homes and cottages scattered around the perimeter of the section.The New Orleans Architecture Series (see page 21) celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1996. From the beginning, the Friends of the Cabildo have had as their mission to promote history and to establish and protect New Orleans architecture and make it the best documented in the entire United States.

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Pelican Publishing

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1455609390

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9781455609390

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-three Degrees

By: Robert B. Folger

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The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-three Degrees

By: Robert B. Folger

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385432510

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9783385432512

Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

By: Robert E. Draper

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Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

By: Robert E. Draper

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

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3375048300

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9783375048303

Book's by Robert Isaac Levy

The Jewish Confederates

The Jewish Confederates

The Forerunners

The Forerunners

Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

Motion Picture Exhibition in Washington, D.C.

Jews in Another Environment

Jews in Another Environment

The Law Before the Law

The Law Before the Law

Truman Black-Iron

Truman Black-Iron

Mission in the Gospels

Mission in the Gospels

AMEX

AMEX

The Great Rent Wars

The Great Rent Wars

An Outdoor Guide to Bartram's Travels

An Outdoor Guide to Bartram's Travels

Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers

Genealogical Abstracts from 18th-century Virginia Newspapers

Toshi American

Toshi American

New Orleans Architecture

New Orleans Architecture

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-three Degrees

The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, in Thirty-three Degrees

Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

Sacramento City and County Directory for 1868

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