Format:
xxix, 217 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten, genealogische Tafeln
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780253032164
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9780253032157
Series Statement:
German Jewish cultures
Content:
"In this rich transnational history, Cornelia Aust traces Jewish Ashkenazi families as they moved across Europe and established new commercial and entrepreneurial networks as they went. Aust balances economic history with elaborate discussions of Jewish marriage patterns, women's economic activity, and intimate family life. Following their travels from Amsterdam to Warsaw, Aust opens a multifaceted window into the lives, relationships, and changing conditions of Jewish economic activity of a new Jewish mercantile elite"--
Content:
1. Amsterdam: a center of credit -- 2. Frankfurt an der Oder: Central European middlemen -- 3. Border lands: legal restrictions, army supplying, and economic success -- 4. Praga: a stepping stone -- 5. Warsaw: the rise of a Jewish economic elite
Note:
Literaturangaben
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Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253032171
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Aust, Cornelia, author Jewish economic elite Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Economics
Author information:
Aust, Cornelia 1977-
