Despite being the archetypal diasporic people, modern Jews have
most often been studied as citizens and subjects of single nation
states and empires - as American, Polish, Russian, or German Jews.
This national approach is especially striking considering the
renewed interest among scholars in global and transnational
influences on the modern world. Editors Ava F. Kahn and Adam D.
Mendelsohn offer a new approach in Transnational Traditions: New
Perspectives on American Jewish History as contributors use
transnational and comparative methodologies to place American Jewry
into a broader context of cultural, commercial, and social exchange
with Jews in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
and South America. In examining patterns that cross national
boundaries, contributors offer new ways of understanding the
development of American Jewish life. The diverse chapters, written
by leading scholars, reflect on episodes of continuity and contact
between Jews in America and world Jewry over the past two
centuries. Individual case studies cover a range of themes
including migration, international trade, finance, cultural
interchange, acculturation, and memory and commemoration. Overall,
this volume will expose readers to the variety and complexity of
transnational experiences and encounters within American Jewish
history. Accessible to students and scholars alike, Transnational
Traditions will be appropriate as a classroom text for courses on
modern Jewish, ethnic, immigration, world, and American history. No
other single work in the field systematically focuses on this
subject, nor covers the range of themes explored in this volume.
Contributors Include: Rebecca Kobrin, Ava F. Kahn, Adam D.
Mendelsohn, Lara Rabinovitch, Suzanne D. Rutland, Eric L.
Goldstein, Tobias Brinkmann, Jonathan Goldstein, Ellen Eisenberg,
Joan G. Roland.
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