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Judah Benjamin: Counselor to the Confederacy (Jewish Lives) - VERY GOOD

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Item specifics

Condition
Very Good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Brand
Unbranded
MPN
Does not apply
ISBN
9780300229264
Book Title
Judah Benjamin : Counselor to the Confederacy
Book Series
Jewish Lives Ser.
Item Length
8.7 in
Publisher
Yale University Press
Publication Year
2021
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
James Traub
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Religious, Political, United States / General
Item Width
7.4 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz
Number of Pages
200 Pages

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A moral examination of Judah Benjamin--one of the first Jewish senators, confidante to Jefferson Davis, and champion of the cause of slavery "This new biography complicates the legacy of Benjamin . . . who used his nimble legal mind to defend slavery and the Confederacy."-- New York Times Book Review "A cogent argument for acknowledging, rather than ignoring, Benjamin's role in both Jewish and American history."--Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884) was a brilliant and successful lawyer in New Orleans, and one of the first Jewish members of the U.S. Senate. He then served in the Confederacy as secretary of war and secretary of state, becoming the confidant and alter ego of Jefferson Davis. In this new biography, author James Traub grapples with the difficult truth that Benjamin, who was considered one of the greatest legal minds in the United States, was a slave owner who deployed his oratorical skills in defense of slavery. How could a man as gifted as Benjamin, knowing that virtually all serious thinkers outside the American South regarded slavery as the most abhorrent of practices, not see that he was complicit with evil? This biography makes a serious moral argument both about Jews who assimilated to Southern society by embracing slave culture and about Benjamin himself, a man of great resourcefulness and resilience who would not, or could not, question the practice on which his own success, and that of the South, was founded.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300229267
ISBN-13
9780300229264
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18050032709

Product Key Features

Book Title
Judah Benjamin : Counselor to the Confederacy
Author
James Traub
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, Religious, Political, United States / General
Publication Year
2021
Book Series
Jewish Lives Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
200 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.7 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
7.4 in
Item Weight
11.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
E467.1.B4
Reviews
"A cogent argument for acknowledging, rather than ignoring, Benjamin's role in both Jewish and American history."--Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal "This new biography complicates the legacy of Benjamin, a 19th-century New Orleans lawyer and one of the first Jewish senators in America, who used his nimble legal mind to defend slavery and the Confederacy."-- New York Times Book Review "James Traub elaborates the unexpected life of Judah Benjamin, who advanced the slaveholder's cause from beginning to end, as both understandable and purposefully obscured. Absolutely fascinating!"--Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People "This is, by far, the best and most readable, short biography of Benjamin that exists."--Jonathan Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History, "A cogent argument for acknowledging, rather than ignoring, Benjamin's role in both Jewish and American history."--Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal "This new biography complicates the legacy of Benjamin, a 19th-century New Orleans lawyer and one of the first Jewish senators in America, who used his nimble legal mind to defend slavery and the Confederacy."-- New York Times Book Review "Lively, well-written, and engaging."--Paul Finkelman, Jewish Review of Books "James Traub elaborates the unexpected life of Judah Benjamin, who advanced the slaveholder's cause from beginning to end, as both understandable and purposefully obscured. Absolutely fascinating!"--Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People "This is, by far, the best and most readable, short biography of Benjamin that exists."--Jonathan Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History, "James Traub elaborates the unexpected life of Judah Benjamin, who advanced the slaveholder's cause from beginning to end, as both understandable and purposefully obscured. Absolutely fascinating!"--Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People "This is, by far, the best and most readable, short biography of Benjamin that exists."--Jonathan Sarna, author of American Judaism: A History
Lccn
2020-939635
Dewey Decimal
973.713092
Dewey Edition
23

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