The Jewish economic elite : making modern Europe / Cornelia Aust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aust, Cornelia, author.

Series:

German Jewish cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish merchants.

History.

Jewish businesspeople.

Jewish capitalists and financiers.

Jews.

Social networks.

Jews--Commerce.

Economic conditions.

Commerce.

Europe--Commerce--History--19th century.

Europe.

Jews--Europe--Economic conditions--19th century.

Jews--Commerce--Europe--History--19th century.

Jews--Social networks--Europe--History--19th century.

Jewish capitalists and financiers--Europe--History--19th century.

Jewish businesspeople--Europe--History--19th century.

Jewish merchants--Europe--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxix, 217 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Aust, Cornelia. Jewish economic elite.

ISBN:

9780253032157

0253032156

9780253032164

0253032164

OCLC:

1003273318