Edge of the Diaspora: Two Centuries of Jewish Settlement in Australia, Second Revised Edition
Suzanne D. Rutland | | ISBN: 978-0-8419-1424-7 $25.00 |
| 2002/485 pages/LC: 2001024515 Distributed for Holmes & Meier Publishers |
DESCRIPTION
Suzanne Rutland charts the vibrant history of the Australian Jewish community from its convict origins through the turmoil of the twentieth century.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Suzanne D. Rutland is associate professor in the Department of Hebrew, Biblical, and Jewish Studies at the University of Sydney.
CONTENTS
- ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION.
- Introduction: Australia and Europe in the Wake of Enlightenment.
- The Convict Era: 1788-1830.
- The Beginnings of Organised Jewish Communal Life: 1830-1850.
- The Gold Rush Era and Jewish Development: 1850-1880.
- Eastern European Jewish Migration and Its Impact: 1880-1920.
- 'A Golden Age': Jewish Contribution to Australian Development: 1850-1920.
- TRANSITION.
- Struggle Against Assimilation: The 1920s.
- The Coming of the Refugees.
- A Changing Community: 1933-1945.
- TRANSFORMATION.
- Postwar Jewish Migration: 1945-1960.
- Jewish Success in the Australian Community.
- The Zionist Idea: Conflicting Interpretations in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Transformation of the Jewish Community: The 1950s and 1960s.
- New Directions: 1967-1987.
- A Decade On.
"A landmark piece of investigation, scholarship and analysis."—Australian Jewish News
"This meticulously planned, clearly written, readable, absorbing, comprehensive ... work makes an important contribution to the history of Jews in Australia."—AJL Newsletter (Association of Jewish Libraries)
"An excellent study."—The Australian