Jews of the Pacific coast
Subtitle: reinventing community on America's edge
By: Ava F. Kahn, William Toll, and Ellen Eisenberg.
Contributors: Toll, William.; Eisenberg, Ellen.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780295989655
Subjects: Jews -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century; Jews -- California -- History -- 19th century; Jews -- California -- History -- 20th century; California -- Ethnic relations; West (U.S.) -- Ethnic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Histories collide: Jews and the Pacific frontier; title: A birthright of elite status; title: Eastern Europeans, Sephardim, and the belated creation of Jewish space; title: From charity to philanthropy: a regional model, 1870s-1930s; title: Consolidation, integration, and divergence during the interwar years; title: Jews of the Western sun belt, 1945-1980.