The Provincials

by Evans, Eli N.; Evans, Eli N.; Evans, Eli N.; Morris, Willie

• ISBN13: 9780807856239
• ISBN10: 0807856231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

First published in 1973 and updated in 1997, this was one of the first books to survey the history and contributions of Jews in the South. No other book on this subject combines elements of memoir and history in such a compelling way. This edition includes a gallery of more than two dozen family and historical photographs as well as a new introduction by the author.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Willie Morris	ix
Introduction: Coming Home	xi
The Beginning	xix
I. TOBACCO TOWN JEWS
One. An Inconsequential Town	3	(17)
Two. Growing Up in the Family Store	20	(17)
II. THE IMMIGRANTS
Three. To Be an American	37	(11)
Four. Tobias: Nine Generations in Charleston	48	(11)
Five. The Jewish Confederates Face Reconstruction	59	(11)
Six. The Lonely Days Were Sundays	70	(19)
III. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST CONFORMITY
Seven. Kosher Grits	89	(7)
Eight. Zionism in the South	96	(13)
Nine. "Miz Evans" and Mister Mayor	109	(8)
Ten. "Jesus Loves Me"	117	(22)
IV. COMING OF AGE
Eleven. Mister Jew	139	(21)
Twelve. Intermarriage Southern Style	160	(8)
Thirteen. Big Wheel on Campus	168	(19)
V. DISCRIMINATION
Fourteen. Anti-Semitism in the South	187	(11)
Fifteen. New Orleans-the Velvet Rut	198	(18)
Sixteen. The Burned-Out Cross of the Klan	216	(9)
Seventeen. The Jewish Mayor of Atlanta	225	(30)
VI. JEWS AND BLACKS
Eighteen. The Maids and Black Jesus	255	(8)
Nineteen. Israelites and the Ex-Slaves	263	(11)
Twenty. Southern Jews in Crisis	274	(17)
Twenty-One. Atlanta: The Great Jewish City of the Twenty-First Century	291	(31)
Twenty-Two. The Call from Home	322	(12)
Twenty-Three. The Nachamson Homecoming Reunion	334	(8)
Twenty-Four. Farewell, Mister Mayor	342	(17)
Twenty-Five. Epilogue: Looking Ahead	359	(4)
Appendix A. Jews Elected to Office in the South, 1800-1920	363	(3)
Appendix B. Jews Elected to Public Office in the South, 1945-1973	366	(4)
Appendix C. Shifts in Jewish Population in Southern States, 1937-2000	370	(1)
Acknowledgments	371	(4)
Index	375	(18)
About the Author	393