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Norman H. Finkelstein.
The Other 1492: Jewish Settlement in the New World.

Published: New York: Beech Tree Books, 1992 reissue (previously issued in the Charles Scribner’s Sons Books for Young Readers series, 1989).
ISBN 0688115721;
ISBN-13 9780688115722.
Binding: Paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 170×227mm.
Page count: xii,100pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some scuffs on its covers, a little wear on the edges and corners; the spine is scuffed but not creased from reading; previous owner’s bookplate on the half-title page, but the main text appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.00
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within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Universal Publishers edition in print at £8.99]
Weight without packaging: 204g.

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After Ferdinand’s expulsion of 1492 many Jews chose to make a home in the New World; this book follows their story through the 16th century and into the early 17th.

Contents: Expulsion & exploration; Golden age; New Christians, old troubles; Baptism by fire; Expulsion; Trail of hidden tears; Uncertain refuge; Finally, freedom; Long live Columbus.

Illustrations: 16, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1

Notes: no
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 2pp
Index: yes

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