The Jews of Harlem : the rise, decline, and revival of a Jewish community / Jeffrey S. Gurock

Author: Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Physical Description: x, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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Contents

Forty years with the Jews of Harlem : the old and the renewed -- A Jewish outpost in Harlem, 1870/1880 -- Brownstone Jewish bourgeoisie and workers in tenements, 1880/1900 -- Uptown homes for Jewish immigrants, 1895/1917 -- Sibling communities : Harlem and the Lower East Side -- Partners and protests -- Attractive synagogues -- The scattering of the Harlem Jewish community, 1917/1930 -- Jews in African American Harlem by day and by night, 1920/1945 -- Harlem's Nadir for Blacks and Jews, 1950/1980 -- The beginnings of return -- An enduring community history.

Subject(s)

Jews—New York (State)—New York—History
African Americans—New York (State)—New York—Relations with Jews
African Americans—Relations with Jews
Jews
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—History
New York (State)—New York
New York (State)—New York—Harlem

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History

ISBN

9781479801169 hardcover alkaline paper
147980116X hardcover alkaline paper

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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