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1 online resource (217 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Port Jews: Concepts, Cases and Questions; Fields of Tension: Development Dynamics at the Port-City Interface; Port Jews and the Three Regions of Emancipation; Researching Port Jews and Port Jewries: Trieste and Beyond; Portmanteau Jews: Sephardim and Race in the Early Modern Atlantic World; Germany's Door to the World: A Haven for the Jews? Hamburg, 1590-1933; A Tale of Two Port Jewish Communities: Southampton and Portsmouth Compared; The Forgotten Port Jews of London: Court Jews Who Were Also Port Jews. |
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Port Jewry of Salonika: Between Neo-colonialism and Nation-stateGreeks and Jews in Salonika and Odessa: Inter-ethnic Relations in Cosmopolitan Port Cities; A Port, Not a Shtetl: Reflections on the Distinctiveness of Odessa; The Sorkin and Golab Theses and Their Applicability to South, Southeast, and East Asian Port Jewry; Conclusion: Future Research on Port Jews; Notes on Contributors; Abstracts; Index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
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Jews -- Civilization.
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Jews -- Civilization. |
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Jews -- History -- 16th century.
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Jews. |
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History. |
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16th century |
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Jews -- History -- 1789-1945.
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| Chronological Term |
1789-1945 |
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Jews -- Commerce -- History.
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Jews -- Commerce. |
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Jewish merchants -- Europe -- History.
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Jewish merchants. |
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Europe. |
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Sociology, Urban.
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Sociology, Urban. |
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City and town life -- Europe -- History.
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City and town life. |
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1500-1945 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Cesarani, David. Port Jews : Jewish Communities in Cosmopolitan Maritime Trading Centres, 1550-1950. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780714653495 |
| ISBN |
9781135292461 (electronic book) |
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1135292469 (electronic book) |
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