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Author Rutland, Suzanne D.

Title Edge of the diaspora : two centuries of Jewish settlement in Australia / Suzanne D. Rutland
Edition Second revised edition
Published New York, N.Y. : Holmes & Meier, 2001

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 MELB  994.004924 Rut/Eot 1997  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. I. Origins and Evolution -- 1. Introduction: Australia and Europe in the Wake of Enlightenment -- 2. The Convict Era: 1788-1830 -- 3. The Beginnings of Organised Jewish Communal Life: 1830-1850 -- 4. The Gold Rush Era and Jewish Development: 1850-1880 -- 5. Eastern European Jewish Migration and Its Impact: 1880-1920 -- 6. 'A Golden Age': Jewish Contribution to Australian Development: 1850-1920 -- Pt. II. Transition -- 7. Struggle against Assimilation: The 1920s -- 8. The Coming of the Refugees -- 9. A Changing Community: 1933-1945 -- Pt. III. Transformation -- 10. Postwar Jewish Migration: 1945-1960 -- 11. Jewish Success in the Australian Community -- 12. The Zionist Idea: Conflicting Interpretations in the 1940s and 1950s -- 13. Transformation of the Jewish Community: the 1950s and 1960s -- 14. New Directions: 1967-1987 -- 15. A Decade On
Notes Originally published: Rose Bay, NSW, Australia : Brandl & Schlesinger, 1997
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-471) and index
Subject Jews -- Australia -- History.
SUBJECT Australia -- Ethnic relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007005690
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2001024515
ISBN 0841914230 alkaline paper