The grandees
Subtitle: America's Sephardic elite
By: Stephen Birmingham.
Edition: 1st Syracuse University Press ed.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Sephardim -- United States -- Biography; Jews -- United States -- Biography
Description: The Sephardic Jews began a tradition of wealth, pride, and exclusiveness that continues to this day. Stephen Birmingham sheds light on this segment of Jewish society who viewed other Jews as peasants and ardently shunned all publicity. It is the story of over three centuries of power and achievement, scandal and folly, elegant lifestyles, and sometimes flamboyant personalities - a story only Stephen Birmingham could tell with characteristic spellbinding skill.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Previously published: New York : Harper & Row, 1971.