Two Covenants: Representations of Southern Jewishness

by Eliza R.L. McGraw

Jews have long occupied visible roles in the South. Jewish families have owned establishments ranging from dry-goods stores to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and some of the region's most important writers and scholars have been Jewish. Yet surveys of southern culture rarely assess the contributions of Jews, while histories of Jews in America virtually exclude those living in the South. Eliza R. L. McGraw's multifaceted study fills both gaps and in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807130435
• ISBN13: 9780807130438
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"