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Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam / Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Levie Bernfeld, Tirtsah, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Liverpool scholarship online.
- Liverpool scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--History.
- Jews.
- Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Economic conditions.
- Jews--Netherlands--Amsterdam--Charities.
- Poor--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Poor.
- Poverty--Religious aspects--Judaism.
- Poverty.
- Netherlands--Amsterdam.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 590 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, Or. : The Littman library of Jewish civilization, 2011.
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Nov 2019).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 504-545) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-80034-043-5
- 1-78694-983-0
- OCLC:
- 1040694927
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