Drawing on presidential speeches, letters, and administrative and archival records, a study of the attitudes of the presidents toward immigrants reflects the chief executives' support for a melting po
Follows the amazing lives of Ida and Isidor Straus--who rose to become the the owners of Macy's Department Store in New York--including their humble beginnings, experiences with anti-Semitism and unti
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A translation of the 1910 edition of commentary by Gunkel (1862-1913), a pioneer of form-critical and history-of-religion methods of studying the Old Testament. He draws on an extensive knowledge of r
