Jews on the frontier : religion and mobility in nineteenth-century America /
Rabin, Shari,
Jews on the frontier : religion and mobility in nineteenth-century America / Shari Rabin. - 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) - North American religions . - North American religions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Judaism, America, Mobility -- Part I. Movement and Belonging -- 1. Wandering Sons of Israel: Europe, America, and the Politics of Jewish Mobility -- 2. Reminding Myself That I Am a Jew: Voluntarism and Social Life -- Part II. The Lived Religion of American Jews -- 3. I Prefer Choice Myself: Family and the State -- 4. 'Tis in the Spirit Not in the Form: Material Culture and Popular Theology -- Part III. Creating an American Judaism -- 5. A Congregation of Strangers: The Mobile Infrastructure -- 6. The Empire of Our Religion: The Mobile Imaginary -- Conclusion: The Spirit of '77 -- Notes -- Index
'Jews on the Frontier' is a religious history of the United States that begins in an unexpected place: on the road with mobile Jews. It follows them out of eastern cities and into the American frontier, where they found unprecedented economic opportunity but also anonymity, loneliness, instability, mistrust, scarcity, and diversity, all of which complicated the many legal obligations of traditional Jewish life.
9781479850433 1479850438 9781479869855 1479869856
E826F3CB-2E22-4EE0-9E0F-8CDCABD0E577 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1n8389n JSTOR
1800-1899
Judaism--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--Migrations--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--Identity--History--United States--19th century.
Migration, Internal--History--United States--19th century.
Judaism--History--United States--Modern period, 1750-
Judaïsme--Histoire--États-Unis--1789-
Juifs--Migrations--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Juifs--Identité--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
HISTORY--Jewish.
Jews--Identity
Jews--Migrations
Judaism
Migration, Internal
United States
History
BM205 / .R315 2017
296.0973/09034
Jews on the frontier : religion and mobility in nineteenth-century America / Shari Rabin. - 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) - North American religions . - North American religions. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Judaism, America, Mobility -- Part I. Movement and Belonging -- 1. Wandering Sons of Israel: Europe, America, and the Politics of Jewish Mobility -- 2. Reminding Myself That I Am a Jew: Voluntarism and Social Life -- Part II. The Lived Religion of American Jews -- 3. I Prefer Choice Myself: Family and the State -- 4. 'Tis in the Spirit Not in the Form: Material Culture and Popular Theology -- Part III. Creating an American Judaism -- 5. A Congregation of Strangers: The Mobile Infrastructure -- 6. The Empire of Our Religion: The Mobile Imaginary -- Conclusion: The Spirit of '77 -- Notes -- Index
'Jews on the Frontier' is a religious history of the United States that begins in an unexpected place: on the road with mobile Jews. It follows them out of eastern cities and into the American frontier, where they found unprecedented economic opportunity but also anonymity, loneliness, instability, mistrust, scarcity, and diversity, all of which complicated the many legal obligations of traditional Jewish life.
9781479850433 1479850438 9781479869855 1479869856
E826F3CB-2E22-4EE0-9E0F-8CDCABD0E577 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1n8389n JSTOR
1800-1899
Judaism--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--Migrations--History--United States--19th century.
Jews--Identity--History--United States--19th century.
Migration, Internal--History--United States--19th century.
Judaism--History--United States--Modern period, 1750-
Judaïsme--Histoire--États-Unis--1789-
Juifs--Migrations--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
Juifs--Identité--Histoire--États-Unis--19e siècle.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
HISTORY--Jewish.
Jews--Identity
Jews--Migrations
Judaism
Migration, Internal
United States
History
BM205 / .R315 2017
296.0973/09034