Atlantic Diasporas Kathryn Medien and hospitals for the mentally

and hospitals for the mentally ill are all legacies of this era

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receiving his licentiate in 1921

The years following the signing of the Armistice saw a transformation of traditional attitudes regarding military conflict as America attempted to digest the enormity and futility of the First World War

by forming a new “cultural memory

Atlantic Diasporas Kathryn Medien and hospitals for the mentallyThis wide ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1800. Through the interwoven themes of markets, politics, religion, culture, and identity, the essays here demonstrate that the world of Atlantic Jewry, most often typified by Port Jews involved in mercantile pursuits, was more complex than commonly depicted. The first section discusses the diaspora in