The provincials [electronic resource] : a personal history of Jews in the South / Eli N. Evans ; revised and with a new preface by the author ; and a new foreword by Willie Morris.
In this classic portrait of Jews in the South, Eli N. Evans takes readers inside the nexus of Southern and Jewish histories, from the earliest immigrants to the present day. Evoking the rhythms and heartbeat of Jewish life in the Bible belt, Evans weaves together chapters of recollections from his youth and early years in North Carolina with chapters that explore the experiences of Jews in many cities and small towns across the south. He presents the stories of communities, individuals and events in this quintessential American landscape that reveal the deeply intertwined strands of what he calls a unique "southern Jewish consciousness." First published in 1973 and updated in 1997, The Provincials was the first book to take readers on a journey into the soul of the Jewish south, using autobiography, storytelling and interpretive history to create a complete portrait of Jewish contributions to the history of the region. No other book on this subject combines elements of memoir and history in such a compelling way. This new edition includes a gallery of more than two dozen family and historical photographs as well as a new introduction by the author.
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- ISBN: 9780807876343
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (422 p.)
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, 2005.
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| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Willie Morris -- I. Tobacco Town Jews. 1. An Inconsequential Town. 2. Growing Up in the Family Store -- II. The Immigrants. 3. To Be an American. 4. Tobias: Nine Generations in Charleston. 5. The Jewish Confederates Face Reconstruction. 6. The Lonely Days Were Sundays -- III. The Struggle Against Conformity. 7. Kosher Grits. 8. Zionism in the South. 9. "Miz Evans" and Mister Mayor. 10. "Jesus Loves Me" -- IV. Coming of Age. 11. Mister Jew. 12. Intermarriage Southern Style. 13. Big Wheel on Campus -- V. Discrimination. 14. Anti-Semitism in the South. 15. New Orleans - the Velvet Rut. 16. The Burned-Out Cross of the Klan. 17. The Jewish Mayor of Atlanta -- VI. Jews and Blacks. 18. The Maids and Black Jesus. 19. Israelites and the Ex-Slaves. 20. Southern Jews in Crisis. 21. The Changing Provincials (Epilogue to the 1973 Edition). 22. Atlanta 2000. 23. The Call from Home. 24. The Nachamson Homecoming Reunion. 25. Farewell, Mister Mayor. 26. Looking Ahead. App. A. Jews Elected to Office in the South, 1800-1920 -- App. B. Jews Elected to Public Office in the South, 1945-1973 -- App. C. Shifts in Jewish Population in Southern States, 1937-1995. |
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