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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aust, Cornelia, author.

Series:

German Jewish cultures.

German Jewish cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jewish merchants.

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

Jewish businesspeople.

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

Jewish capitalists and financiers.

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

Jews.

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

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

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

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 217 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2017]

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.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253035448

0253035449

9780253032171

0253032172

OCLC:

1003489680