The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica : A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition / Stanley Mirvis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mirvis, Stanley, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815, this book explores the social and familial experiences of one of the most critical yet understudied nodes of the Atlantic Portuguese Jewish Diaspora. Stanley Mirvis examines how Jamaica’s Jews put down roots as traders, planters, pen keepers, physicians, fishermen, and metalworkers, and reveals how their presence shaped the colony as much as settlement in the tropical West Indies transformed the lives of the island’s Jews.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Names, Dates, Spelling, and Method

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Promise of Port Royal (1655–92)

Chapter 2 The Peril of Port Royal (1670–1740)

Chapter 3 The Jews of Plantation Jamaica (1740–70)

Chapter 4 The End of a Long Century (1770–1815)

Chapter 5 Jewish Communal Life:

Chapter 6 The Ethnic Identity of Jamaica’s Portuguese Jewish Households

Chapter 7 The Creole Jewish Families of Jamaica

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-25203-X

OCLC:

1153575617