Jews and Gentiles in Early America
Subtitle: 1654-1800
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: September 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780472114542
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Jewish studies; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History - General History; Antisemitism; History; United States; History: American; USA; Anthropology - Cultural; Jewish - General; Religion / Judaism / History; United States - Colonial Period; 17th century; 18th century; Jews
First sentence: WHEN IN 1782 THAT FIRST great apostle of American exceptionalism, Hector St. John Crevecoeur, proclaimed that in British North America the typical European, "leaving behind him all his ancient prejudices and manners," was "melted into a new race of men," he listed as examples the "English, Scotch, Irish, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes."