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Theater of Acculturation: The Roman Ghetto in the Sixteenth Century
by Stow, Kenneth
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0295980257
- ISBN 13
- 9780295980256
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2001 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. ix, 246 pp, acknowledgments, Introduction: The Jews of Rome and the Rhythms of Roman Jewish Life; 1. the Jew in a Traumatized Society; 2. What Is in a Name? or, The Matrices of Acculturation: 3. Social Reconciliation, from Within and Without; afterword, notes, bibliography, index. First Edition, 2001. "The author applies his concept of 'social theater' to illuminate the role-playing that Jews adopted as a means of survival within the dominant Christian environment. He also touches briefly on Jewish Culture in post-emancipation Rome, elsewhere in Europe, and in America, and points the way toward a comparison with the acculturational strategies of other minorities, especially African Americans." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004367
- Title
- Theater of Acculturation: The Roman Ghetto in the Sixteenth Century
- Author
- Stow, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0295980257
- ISBN 13
- 9780295980256
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, WA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- SOCIOLOGY ITALY ROME HISTORY JEWISH GHETTO ETHNIC RELATIONS 16TH CENTURY
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOCIOLOGY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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