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From Assimilation to Group Survival: Apolitical and Sociological Study of an Australian Jewish Community
by Medding, P. Y
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Vane Lindsay. 600 g; XXII, 309 pages, includes 22 tables, bibliography, list of abbreviations, appendix, index. Illustrated dust jacket. Minor rubbing at the fold over tips, chipping at the top of the spine section, some loss of colour to the back strip section of the jacket where the auctioneer had put a lot number, and Balberyszski's Bookshop Sticker on the lower corner of the front paste down and a slight darkening of the top edge of the text block. Otherwise in very good order. "From Assimilation to Group Survival is a work primarily concerned with the study of Jews in Australia, accomplished by focusing mainly upon its largest and most vibrant Jewish community, Melbourne Jewry,. It looks and both the organised community as such, and individuals comprising it. In doing so, the author analyse this subject against the dual backgrounds of Australian society, and the history, religion and culture of the Jewish people. -- because so large a proportion of Australian Jews are migrants, the book concentrates on their integration into Australian society and their adaptation to it, thus adding significantly to the body of knowledge about the general processes of migrant acculturation and assimilation." -- front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Vane Lindsay. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Judaica; Local History -- Victoria; Inventory No: 0219436. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0219436
- Title
- From Assimilation to Group Survival: Apolitical and Sociological Study of an Australian Jewish Community
- Author
- Medding, P. Y
- Illustrator
- Vane Lindsay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- F. W. Cheshire
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 sociology, local history, Jewish, Melbourne, integration, Assimilation History; Judaica; Local History -- Victoria; Vane Lindsay Unbranded Medding, P. Y. From Assimilation to Group Survival: Apolitical and Sociological Study of an Australian Jewi
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- Judaica;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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