{"product_id":"in-the-almost-promised-land-american-jews-and-blacks-1915-1935-9780801850653","title":"In the Almost Promised Land: American Jews and Blacks, 1915-1935","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeeking the reasons behind Jewish altruism toward African Americans, Hasis Finer shows how-in the wake of the Leo Frank trial and lynching in Atlanta-Jews came to see that their relative prosperity wa sno protection against the same social forces that threatened blacks. Jewish leaders and organizations genuinely believed in the cause of black civil rights, Diner suggests, but they also used that cause as a way of advancing their own interests-launching a vicarious attack on the nation that they felt had not lived up to its own ideals of freedom and equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hasia R. Diner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.54w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801850653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHasia Diner \u003c\/b\u003e is professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eErin's Daughters in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Time for Gathering: The Second Migration, 1820-1880\u003c\/i\u003e (Volume II in the series \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish People in America), \u003c\/i\u003e both available from Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40146698240115,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7abe8775-1b73-4ba1-8f8a-18767e3c1574.jpg?v=1654695598","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-the-almost-promised-land-american-jews-and-blacks-1915-1935-9780801850653","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}