Title Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam / Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-545) and index.
Contents	1. Setting the scene -- 2. Migration of the poor -- 3. Demographic outline -- 4. The organization of welfare -- 5. Financing charity -- 6. The motives behind charity -- 7. The daily life of the poor -- 8. Epilogue.
Summary	A pioneering study of the relationship between rich and poor that adds a new dimension to the understanding of Jewish life in early modern Amsterdam.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- History.
	Jews.
	Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
	History.
	Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Economic conditions.
	Economic conditions.
	Jews -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam -- Charities.
	Poor -- Netherlands -- Amsterdam.
	Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
	Charities.
	Poor.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
	Poverty -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
	Jews -- Charities.
	Jews -- Economic conditions.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Levie Bernfeld, Tirtsah, 1952- Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam. Portland, Or. : The Littman library of Jewish civilization, 2012 9781904113577 (DLC) 2011018757 (OCoLC)812453234
ISBN	9781786949837 (electronic book)
	1786949830 (electronic book)
	9781904113577
	1904113575