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050			_aF 869.S39 _b.J556 2002
245		0	_aJewish voices of the California gold rush : _ba documentary history, 1849-1880 / _cedited with and introduction by Ava Fran Kahn.
260			_aDetroit : _bWayne State University Press, _cc2002.
300			_a549 p. : _bill., maps _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 507-513) and index.
520			_aIn 1848, news of the California Gold Rush swept the nation and the world. Aspiring miners, merchants, and entrepreneurs from all corners of the globe flooded California looking for gold. The cry of instant wealth was also heard and answered by Jewish communities in Europe and the eastern United States. While all Jewish immigrants arriving in the mid-nineteenth century were looking for religious freedoms and economic stability, there were preexisting Jewish social and religious structures on the East Coast. California's Jewish immigrants become founders of their own social, cultural, and religious institutions. Jewish Voices of the California Gold Rush examines the life of California's Jewish community through letters, diaries, memoirs, court and news reports, and photographs, as well as institutional, synagogue, and organizational records. By gathering a wealth of primary source materials -- both public and private documents -- and placing them in proper historical context, Ava Fran Kahn re-creates the lives within California's Jewish community. Kahn takes the reader from Europe to California, from the goldfields to the developing towns and their religious and business communities, and from the founding of Jewish communities to their maturing years -- most notably the instant city of San Francisco. By providing exhaustive documentation, Kahn offers an intimate portrait of Jewish life at a critical period in the history of California and the nation. Scholars and students of Jewish history and immigration studies and readers interested in Gold Rush history will enjoy' this look at the development of California's Jewish community. www.alibris.com
650			_aFrontier and pioneer life _zSan Francisco Bay Area _9110557
650			_aJews _zCalifornia _9108816
650			_zCalifornia _948335
650			_zSan Francisco Bay Area _981610
700			_aKahn, Ava Fran. _9110558
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