Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century (Politics and Society in Modern America) - hardcover

"The best-researched and most comprehensive account yet of Black-Jewish relations in the twentieth century. The messy complexities of the relationship, the insensitivities displayed on all sides, are here revealed for all to see. Sobering, realistic, and definitive."--Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University<P>"For readers who puzzle about what happened to the fabled alliance between Blacks and Jews, "Troubling the Waters" provides the authoritative answer. It is testament to Cheryl Lynn Greenberg's discipline as a historian, as well as her personal acumen and devotion to justice, that she is able to take up so fraught a subject and to give us such an illuminating account."--Stephen Steinberg, author of "Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy"<P>"A masterful assessment of the relationships between African Americans and Jews in the twentieth century. Greenberg's deeply researched and well-written analysis provides new materials, fresh insights, and a keen understanding of the plight of both groups. Her book is bias-free while sympathetically presenting the perspectives of African Americans and Jews. Vastly superior to everything else that has previously been written on the topic, "Troubling the Waters" will become the standard by which all other works on the subject are measured."--Leonard Dinnerstein, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona<P>"Cheryl Lynn Greenberg's "Troubling the Waters" is engaging and well researched, and the author insightful and thorough. The book fills a void in the historiography and will make a much-needed addition to courses in African American Studies, American history, and sociology. It is an invitation to exploresome of the most compelling issues in race politics today."--Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois at Chicago, author of "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement"