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Cosmopolitans

A Social and Cultural History of the Jews of the San Francisco Bay Area

Cosmopolitans( )
Author: Rosenbaum, Fred
ISBN:978-0-520-25913-3
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:University of California Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $85.00
Book Description:

Levi Strauss, A.L. Gump, Yehudi Menuhin, Gertrude Stein, Adolph Sutro, Congresswoman Florence Prag Kahn--Jewish people have been so enmeshed in life in and around San Francisco that their story is a chronicle of the metropolis itself. Since the Gold Rush, Bay Area Jews have countered stereotypes, working as farmers and miners, boxers and mountaineers. They were Gold Rush pioneers, Gilded Age tycoons, and Progressive Era reformers. Told through an astonishing range of characters...
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Book Details
Pages:462
Detailed Subjects: History / Jewish
Social Science / Race & Ethnic Relations
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.38 Inches
Book Weight:1.13 Pounds



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