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  • Jewish Women at Home in the World

    Gender, Judaism, and American Identity in the Rise of Mass Tourism

    by Melissa R. Klapper ...
    Vividly reveals how American Jewish women's travels transformed both their personal identities and the meaning of diaspora itselfWhile Americans have gone abroad for leisure and education since the early days of American history, the period between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of World War II saw the rise of mass tourism, with changes in the way travel operated opening up the world ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • Ballet Class

    An American History

    by Melissa R. Klapper ...
    Surveying the state of American ballet in a 1913 issue of McClure's Magazine, author Willa Cather reported that few girls expressed any interest in taking ballet class and that those who did were hard-pressed to find anything other than dingy studios and imperious teachers. One hundred years later, ballet is everywhere. There are ballet companies large and small across the United States; ballet is ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860-1920

    by Melissa R. Klapper ...
    Jewish Girls Coming of Age in America, 1860—1920 draws on a wealth of archival material, much of which has never been published—or even read—to illuminate the ways in which Jewish girls’ adolescent experiences reflected larger issues relating to gender, ethnicity, religion, and education.Klapper explores the dual roles girls played as agents of acculturation and guardians of tradition. Their ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Ballots, Babies, and Banners of Peace

    American Jewish Women’s Activism, 1890-1940

    by Melissa R. Klapper ...
    Uncovers the powerful effects of 20th-century Jewish women's social and political activism on contemporary American lifeWinner of the 2013 National Jewish Book Award, Women's StudiesBallots, Babies, and Banners of Peace explores the social and political activism of American Jewish women from 1890 to the beginnings of World War II.Written in an engaging style, the book demonstrates that no history ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai

    by Dianne Ashton, Melissa R. Klapper ...
    Series Book 25 - Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish Studies
    A vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Jewish woman in the Confederate SouthEmma Mordecai lived an unusual life. She was Jewish when Jews comprised less than 1 percent of the population of the Old South, and unmarried in a culture that offered women few options other than marriage. She was American born when most American Jews were immigrants. She affirmed and maintained her dedication to ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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    Reports from a Haunted Present

    by Dara Horn ...
    **Winner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award for Contemporary Jewish Life and PracticeFinalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in NonfictionA New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal, Chicago Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA startling and profound exploration of how Jewish history is exploited to comfort the living.**Renowned and ... Read more

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  • Harriet Tubman

    The Road to Freedom

    by Catherine Clinton ...
    The definitive biography of one of the most courageous women in American history "reveals Harriet Tubman to be even more remarkable than her legend" ( Newsday).Celebrated for her exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, ... Read more

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  • On Antisemitism

    A Word in History

    by Mark Mazower ...
    **Named a Best Book of 2025 by The New Yorker“Excellent and timely.” —The New Yorker“Informative, insightful and provocative, On Antisemitism couldn’t be more timely.” —The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette“An immense contribution. . . . In tracing the evolving meaning of ‘antisemitism,’ [Mazower] demonstrates persuasively how we might turn it from a weapon back into a word. . . . Rigorous and lucid.” —The ... Read more

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  • Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy

    Four Women Undercover in the Civil War

    by Karen Abbott ...
    “Not for nothing has Abbott been called a ‘pioneer of sizzle history.’ Here she creates a gripping page-turner that moves at a breathtaking clip through the dramatic events of the Civil War.” — Los Angeles TimesKaren Abbott, the New York Times bestselling author of Sin in the Second City and “pioneer of sizzle history” (USA Today), tells the spellbinding true story of four women—a socialite, a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The House of Twenty Thousand Books

    by Sasha Abramsky ...
    A KIRKUS “BEST NONFICTION BOOK” OF THE YEAR: A grandson’s “warmhearted, frank memoir” of family, literature, and Jewish history (Shelf Awareness).Fascinating stories and 43 photos paint a lively portrait of the remarkable Chimen Abramsky—collector of rare books and friend to the greatest 20th-century thinkers.The House of Twenty Thousand Books is the story of Chimen Abramsky, an extraordinary ... Read more

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  • A Slave No More

    Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation

    by David W. Blight ...
    The newly discovered slave narratives of John Washington and Wallace Turnage—and their harrowing and empowering journey to emancipation.Slave narratives, among the most powerful records of our past, are extremely rare, with only fifty-five surviving post-Civil War. This book is a major new addition to this imperative part of American history—the firsthand accounts of two slaves, John Washington ... Read more

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  • Branded by the Pink Triangle

    by Ken Setterington ...
    A history of the persecution of gay men by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. When the Nazis came to power in Europe, the lives of homosexuals came to be ruled by fear as raids, arrests, prison sentences and expulsions became the daily reality. When the concentration camps were built, homosexuals were imprisoned along with Jews. The pink triangle, sewn onto prison uniforms, became the symbol of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD