Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social, and religious development of the New World. They played an important role in the discovery, colonization, and eventually exploitation of the resources of the New World. Alone among the European peoples who came to the Americas in the colonial period, Jews were dispersed throughout the hemisphere; indeed, they were the only cohesive European ethnic or religious group that lived under both Catholic and Protestant regimes, which makes their study...
Jews and Judaism played a significant role in the history of the expansion of Europe to the west as well as in the history of the economic, social...
"While Otto's conceptual framework is familiar, his interpretation offers much that is new and fresh...the benefits of placing the specific and local in a broader transnational and transatlantic context, which yields important correctives to notions of American exceptionalism and illuminates broader comparative perspectives, are apparent. The result is an enlightening and thought-provoking look at cultural interaction and frontiers in the colonial Northeast." - H-Atlantic
"Otto provides important insights in the cultural developments with the Munsee during this time. He also broadens his...
"While Otto's conceptual framework is familiar, his interpretation offers much that is new and fresh...the benefits of placing the specific and local ...
