{"product_id":"jewish-experiences-across-the-americas-katalin-franciska-rac-9781683402565","title":"Jewish Experiences Across the Americas: Local Histories Through Global Lenses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLatin American Jewish Studies Association Best Edited Volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the local specificities and global forces that shaped Jewish experiences in the Americas across five centuries. Featuring a range of case studies by scholars from the United States, Brazil, Europe, and Israel, it explores the culturally, religiously, and politically diverse lives of Jewish minorities in the Western Hemisphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe chapters are organized chronologically and trace four global forces: the western expansion of early modern European empires, Jewish networks across and beyond empires, migration, and Jewish activism and participation in international ideological movements. The volume weaves together into one narrative the histories of communities and individuals separated by time and space, such as the descendants of Portuguese converts, Moroccan immigrants to Brazil, and U.S.-based creators of Yiddish movies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough its transnational focus and close attention paid to local circumstances, this volume offers new insights into the multicultural pasts of the Americas' Jewish populations and of the different regions that make up North, Central, and South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Lenny A. Ure Valerio \u003cbr\u003eElisa Kriza Raanan Rein Adriana M. Brodsky Lucas de Mattos Moura\u003cbr\u003eFernandes Katalin Franciska Rac Zachary M Baker Neil Weijer Hilit\u003cbr\u003eSurowitz-Israel Isabel Rosa Gritti Tamar Herzog Jose C Moya Sandra\u003cbr\u003eMcGee Deutsch Dana Rabin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katalin Franciska Rac\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683402561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683402565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Florida Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Katalin Franciska Rac","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067667771647,"sku":"9781683402565","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0941e25f-bbe2-4e02-b0ea-f2eb8436019b.jpg?v=1685414617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jewish-experiences-across-the-americas-katalin-franciska-rac-9781683402565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}