This happy land
Subtitle: the Jews of colonial and antebellum Charleston
By: James William Hagy.
Series: Judaic studies series; Judaic studies series (unnumbered)
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
Subjects: Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.; Reform Judaism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History.; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Charleston (S.C.) -- History -- 1775-1865.; Charleston (S.C.) -- Ethnic relations.
Description: Includes information on places of origin, marriages, children, and deaths. Examines the roles that women played in business, the causes of mortality, the antebellum Jewish family, the common aspects of life, and relations between Jews and African-Americans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-438) and index.