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Jacob Rader Marcus, United States Jewry, 1776–1985. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993. Vol. 3, 925 pp.; vol. 4, 952 pp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2009

Gerald Sorin
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State University of New York College at New Paltz, New Paltz, N.Y.
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