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02353cam a2200241 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9781479854530 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng. |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
305.8924075 |
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LIG-T |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Light, Caroline E. |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
That pride of race and character : |
| Sub Title |
the roots of Jewish benevolence in the Jim Crow south / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Caroline E. Light. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New York : |
| Name of publisher |
New York University Press, |
| Year of publication |
2014. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
ix, 278p. |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-271) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
“It<br/>has ever been the boast of the Jewish people, that they support their own poor,”<br/>declared Kentucky attorney Benjamin Franklin Jonas in 1856. “Their reasons are<br/>partly founded in religious necessity, and partly in that pride of race and<br/>character which has supported them through so many ages of trial and<br/>vicissitude.” In That Pride of Race and<br/>Character, Caroline E. Light examines the American Jewish tradition of<br/>benevolence and charity and explores its southern roots.<br/><br/>Light provides a critical analysis of<br/>benevolence as it was inflected by regional ideals of race and gender, showing<br/>how a southern Jewish benevolent empire emerged in response to the combined<br/>pressures of post-Civil War devastation and the simultaneous influx of eastern<br/>European immigration. In an effort to combat the voices of anti-Semitism and<br/>nativism, established Jewish leaders developed a sophisticated and cutting-edge<br/>network of charities in the South to ensure that Jews took care of those<br/>considered “their own” while also proving themselves to be exemplary white<br/>citizens. Drawing from confidential case files and institutional records from<br/>various southern Jewish charities, the book relates how southern Jewish leaders<br/>and their immigrant clients negotiated the complexities of “fitting in” in a<br/>place and time of significant socio-political turbulence. Ultimately, the<br/>southern Jewish call to benevolence bore the particular imprint of the region’s<br/>racial mores and left behind a rich legacy. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Jews |
| Geographic subdivision |
Southern States |
| General subdivision |
Social life and customs |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Jews |
| Geographic subdivision |
Southern States |
| General subdivision |
Politics and government |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Benevolence. |
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| Topical Term |
Charity. |
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| Topical Term |
Kindness. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Jewish way of life. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
