Jews against prejudice : American Jews and the fight for civil liberties / Stuart Svonkin.
Jews against prejudice : American Jews and the fight for civil liberties / Stuart Svonkin.
Jews against prejudice : American Jews and the fight for civil liberties / Stuart Svonkin.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
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N305.8924073/11
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English
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Physical content
xi, 364 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Intergroup Relations and the Fear of Fascism -- 1. From Self-Defense to Intergroup Relations -- 2. Propaganda Against Prejudice -- 3. Teaching Tolerance -- 4. Law and Social Action -- 5. The Adoption of Liberal Anticommunism -- 6. The Contradictions of Cold War Liberalism -- 7. The Ant...
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Set against the backdrop of some of twentieth-century America's most divisive issues - bigotry, anticommunism, and cultural survival - Jews Against Prejudice traces the political evolution of Jewish defense organizations from their initial incarnations as groups concerned primarily with defending American Jews against the virulent anti-Semitism of...
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Jews against prejudice : American Jews and the fight for civil liberties / Stuart Svonkin.
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Columbia studies in contemporary American history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-332) and index.
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N305.8924073/11
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74VMyglVK4Ld
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMyglVK4Ld
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0231106394 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780231106382 (alk. paper)
0231106386 (alk. paper)
9780231106399 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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305.8924073
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991002119189702626
