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100 Years of the Detroit Historical Society
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and evolution of a cultural institution in Detroit.
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Disputed Messiahs
Jewish and Christian Messianism in the Ashkenazic World during the Reformation
Jewish and Christian messianic thought and activism in the Reformation era in the Ashkenazic world.
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Justus S. Stearns
Michigan Pine King and Kentucky Coal Baron, 1845-1933
Examines a major Michigan timber baron and political figure who also founded a coal-mining empire in Kentucky.
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The Yiddish Historians and the Struggle for a Jewish History of the Holocaust
Holocaust history written and researched by the Yiddish scholars who lived it.
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ISBN: 9780814346129
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ISBN: 9780814348413
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ISBN: 9780814346136
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When Lions Were Kings
The Detroit Lions and the Fabulous Fifties
An in-depth look at one of the most storied dynasties in Detroit sports history.
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ISBN: 9780814334270
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ISBN: 9780814334287
Communings of the Spirit, Volume III
The Journals of Mordecai M. Kaplan, 1942-1951
Mordecai Kaplan’s personal reactions to the events of the 1940s.
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ISBN: 9780814347676
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ISBN: 9780814348253
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ISBN: 9780814347683
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Embodying Hebrew Culture
Aesthetics, Athletics, and Dance in the Jewish Community of Mandate Palestine
Details the creation of a Hebrew cultural aesthetic that was intentionally and distinctly physical.
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ISBN: 9780814348031
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ISBN: 9780814336366
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ISBN: 9780814336373
The JDC at 100
A Century of Humanitarianism
The history of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee from its origins in 1914 through its first century.
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ISBN: 9780814342343
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ISBN: 9780814342350
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Rosie, A Detroit Herstory
For young readers, an illustrated true story about the women workers of World War II.
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ISBN: 9780814345443
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ISBN: 9780814345450
White Squall
Sailing the Great Lakes
White Squall is a history of the lakes written by those who knew them best in all weather and all eras from the beginning to the present.
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ISBN: 9780970260611
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ISBN: 9780970260697
United States Jewry, 1776-1985
Volume 2, The Germanic Period
The second volume of this seminal work on American Jewry covers the period from 1841 to 1860.
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ISBN: 9780814344712
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ISBN: 9780814344705
United States Jewry, 1776-1985
Volume 3, The Germanic Period, Part 2
The third volume covers the period from 1860 to 1920, beginning with the Jews, slavery, and the Civil War, and concluding with the rise of Reform Judaism.
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ISBN: 9780814344736
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ISBN: 9780814344729
United States Jewry, 1776-1985
Volume 4, The East European Period, The Emergence of the American Jew Epilogue
In the final volume of this set, Marcus deals with the coming and challenge of the East European Jews from 1852 to 1920.
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ISBN: 9780814345061
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ISBN: 9780814345054
Ambiguous Relations
The American Jewish Community and Germany Since 1945
Addresses the complex relationships between American Jews and Germany over the fifty years following the end of World War II.
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ISBN: 9780814345085
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ISBN: 9780814345078
From Sofia to Jaffa
The Jews of Bulgaria and Israel
From Sophia to Jaffa chronicles the fascinating saga of a population relocated.
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ISBN: 9780814344064
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ISBN: 9780814344057
Seasons of Grace
A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Seasons of Grace is a history of the Catholic Church and community in southern lower Michigan from the 1830s through the 1950s.
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ISBN: 9780814344002
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ISBN: 9780814343999
United States Jewry, 1776-1985
Volume 1
Comprehensive history of Jewish immigration, segregation, and integration; of Jewry’s cultural exclusiveness and assimilation; of its internal division and indivisible unity; and of its role in the making of America.
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ISBN: 9780814344699
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ISBN: 9780814344682
All Our Yesterdays
A Brief History of Detroit
All Our Yesterdays traces Detroit's history from its earliest settlement into the 1960s.
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ISBN: 9780814344439
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ISBN: 9780814343401
Anti-Semitic Stereotypes without Jews
Images of the Jews in England 1290-1700
A study of the persistence of anti-Semitic stereotypes for 400 years in a society almost completely devoid of a Jewish population.
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ISBN: 9780814343548
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ISBN: 9780814343531
No Haven for the Oppressed
United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees, 1938-1945
A comprehensive analysis on the United States policy toward Jewish refugees during World War II.
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ISBN: 9780814343739
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ISBN: 9780814343746