Ethnicity, identity and race - the port Jews of nineteenth century Charleston
TitleEthnicity, identity and race - the port Jews of nineteenth century Charleston
Author
Call number909.04924/0049
Object number02901h
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherVallentine Mitchell
Year of publication
2006
Physical descriptionpp 123 - 140
MaterialArticle
Series titleParkes-Wiener series on Jewish studies,
ISBN0853036829
NotesArticle from the book 'Jews and Port cities' pp 123 - 140
Description
The essay explores the ethnicity and identity of the Jews of Charleston with reference to their status as port Jews or as potential cosmopolitans and how this identity impinged upon their interaction with non-Jews.