Race and religion among the chosen peoples of Crown Heights
By: Henry Goldschmidt.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813538839; 9780813538976
Subjects: African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Relations with Jews; African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Public opinion; Jews -- New York (State) -- New York -- Attitudes; Social conflict -- New York (State) -- New York; Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) -- Race relations; New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Collisions: race and religion, a riot and a pogrom; title: II. Geographies of difference: producing a Jewish neighborhood, kosher homes, racial boundaries; title: III. The politics of culinary and cultural exchange: white skin, black hats, and other signs of Jews; title: IV. The voices of Jacob on the streets of Brooklyn: Israelite histories and identities.