{"product_id":"unpacking-my-fathers-bookstore-hardcover","title":"Unpacking My Father's Bookstore - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaurence Roth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnpacking My Father's Bookstore \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life the history of J. Roth \/ Bookseller of Fine \u0026amp; Scholarly Judaica, which was a microcosm of the Los Angeles Jewish community from 1966 to 1994 and one of the premier Jewish bookstores in the United States. Blending critical analysis with a personal account of growing up in his father's bookstore, and connecting both to larger forces that helped shape Jewish and American book retailing in the twentieth-century, Laurence Roth crafts a richly felt narrative about his family's Jewish experience in America. It is a reminder, too, that while most independent bookstores like J. Roth Bookseller disappear from history, these retailers often had outsized effects on their communities. Breaking with conventional modes of scholarship, \u003ci\u003eUnpacking My Father's Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e tells a unique and troubled story that rarely gets told, one that is both personal and analytical, theoretical but rooted in the everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAURENCE ROTH is the Charles B. Degenstein Professor of English and director of the Jewish \u0026amp; Israel Studies Program and The Build Collaborative at Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eInspecting Jews: American Jewish Detective Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(Rutgers University Press, 2003), and coeditor, with Nadia Valman, of \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Jewish Cultures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343408971961,"sku":"9781978836600","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/P9Sn1RdRrg9781978836600.webp?v=1780512629","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/unpacking-my-fathers-bookstore-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}