Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Birmingham, Stephen

"Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of NY by Stephen Birmingham - New York Harper & Row 1967 - 404 p

Includes Index




A particular principality --
Out of the wilderness (1837-1865) --
Into the mainstream (1866-1899) --
The age of Schiff --
New York 21, N.Y.

This book documents the lives of prominent New York Jewish families of the 19th century. Historian Louis Auchincloss called it "A fascinating and absorbing chapter of New York social and financial history ..."

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--Social life and customs--New York (State) New York --Upper class.--bankers

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