TY - BOOK AU - Swierenga,Robert P. TI - The Forerunners: Dutch Jewry in the North American Diaspora T2 - American Jewish Civilization Series SN - 9780814344163 AV - E184.J5 .S954 1994 U1 - 973.049240492 PY - 2018/// CY - Detroit PB - Wayne State University Press KW - Jews, Dutch-United States-History KW - Jews-Netherlands-History KW - Immigrants-United States-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Netherlands Jewry -- Chapter 2: The Dutch Era: Immigration Before 1830 -- Chapter 3: New York City: The Bastion -- Chapter 4: Philadelphia: An Early Base -- Chapter 5: Boston: A Close Community -- Chapter 6: Baltimore: The Fells Point Settlement -- Chapter 7: New Orleans: A Secular Lot -- Chapter 8: The Great Lakes Frontier: The Restless Ones -- Chapter 9: San Francisco: An Instant Elite -- Chapter 10: The "Essence" of Dutch Jewry in America -- Appendix I: Immigration Statistics -- Appendix II: Dutch Jewish Household Heads and Working Adults in New York: 1850, 1860, 1870 Censuses -- Appendix III: Dutch Jewish Household Heads and Working Adults in Philadelphia: 1850, 1860, 1870 Censuses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - A detailed history of the immigration of Dutch Jews to the United States and to the whole American diaspora UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5526561 ER -