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The economic role of Jews in Medieval Poland : the contribution of Yitzhak Schipper / Jacob Litman.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.P6 L57 1984
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Litman, Jacob, 1920-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews.
- Economic conditions.
- Poland--Economic conditions.
- Poland.
- Schiper, Ignacy, 1884-1943.
- Schiper, Ignacy.
- Civilization, Medieval--Jewish influences.
- Civilization, Medieval.
- Jews--Poland--Economic conditions.
- Economic history.
- Jews--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 306 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press of America, [1984]
- Summary:
- An evaluation of the work of Yitzhak (Ignacy) Schipper (1884-1943), the Polish Jewish historian. Working at a time of acute Polish hostility towards the Jews, much of Schipper's work (written in Polish and Yiddish) was directed towards disproving antisemitic claims and showing the Jewish contribution to medieval Polish life. Schipper challenged Sombart's thesis that capitalism reflects the Jews' racial psyche, and gave a historical explanation of the origin of Jewish capital and usury. State exploitation of Jewish usury in the Middle Ages resulted in popular antisemitism and pogroms. (From the Bibliography of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acc.# 200405
- Other Format:
- Online version: Litman, Jacob, 1920- Economic role of Jews in Medieval Poland.
- ISBN:
- 0819142441
- 9780819142443
- 081914245X
- 9780819142450
- OCLC:
- 10998220
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