Jews and Muslims in British Colonial America: A Genealogical History

by Elizabeth Caldwell Hirschman, Donald Yates, Donald N. Yates

Americans have learned in elementary school that their country was founded by a group of brave, white, largely British Christians. Modern reinterpretations recognize the contributions of African and indigenous Americans, but the basic premise has persisted. This groundbreaking study fundamentally challenges the traditional national storyline by postulating that many of the initial colonists were actually of Sephardic Jewish and Muslim Moorish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786464623
• ISBN13: 9780786464623
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher