The Forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora

by Robert P. Swierenga

Book Overview

The Forerunners offers the first detailed history of the immigration of Dutch Jews to the United States and to the whole American diaspora. Robert Swierenga describes the life of Jews in Holland during the Napoleonic era and examines the factors that caused them to emigrate, first to the major eastern seaboard cities of the United States, then to the frontier cities of the Midwest, and finally to San Francisco. He provides a detailed look at life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814324339
• ISBN13: 9780814324332
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 466 Pages