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When General Grant expelled the Jews

Title

When General Grant expelled the Jews / Jonathan D. Sarna.

Author

Sarna, Jonathan D.

Publication

New York : Nextbook : Schocken, c2012.

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Description

xiii, 201 p. : ill., map, ports.; 23 cm.

Summary

An account of Ulysses S. Grant's hotly contested Civil War decision to expel Jewish citizens from the territory under his command evaluates the reverberations of his decision on his career, the nascent Jewish-American community, and the nation's political process.

Series Statement

Jewish encounters

Uniform Title

Jewish encounters.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-185) and index.

Contents

General Orders No. 11 -- "Jews as a class" -- The Election of 1868 -- "To prove impartiality towards Israelites" -- "This age of enlightenment" -- "Then and now."

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