Port Jews: Jewish Communities in Cosmopolitan Maritime Trading Centres, 1550-1950 by Cesarani, David (9780714682860)

Port Jews: Jewish Communities in Cosmopolitan Maritime Trading Centres, 1550-1950

by Cesarani, David

Paperback - English

The history of Jews in cosmopolitan maritime trading centres is a field of research that is reshaping our understanding of how Jews entered the modern world. These studies show that the utility of Jewish merchants in an era of European expansion was vital to their acculturation and assimilation.

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ADDITIONAL INFO

ISBN

0714682861

EAN

9780714682860

Publisher

FRANK CASS

Publication Date

30 Jul 2002

Pages

216

Weight (kg)

0.30

Dimensions (cm)

21.5 x 17.0 x 1.7

About Author

David Cesarani is Professor of Twentieth-century Jewish History and Culture, University of Southhampton, and Director of the Wiener Library, London. He has just published a biography of Arthur Koestler. <BR>Dr. Randolph Braham is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Sciences at the City College and the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of new York. He is the author of many scholarly monographs, including the highly acclaimed "The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary."<BR>