The Jewish Dutch Elite in Transition : Patterns of Social Mobility and Integration, 1870-1940.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van der Veen, Sietske.

Series:

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies

Brill's Series in Jewish Studies ; v.80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Netherlands.

Jews.

Social mobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

The Jewish Dutch Elite in Transition offers the first systematic, large-scale analysis of the upward social mobility and integration of Jews in the Netherlands with a higher social status, offering new insights into the varied modern Jewish experience.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Figures and Tables

Introduction

1 Historical Background

2 Theoretical and Historiographical Approach

2.1 Integration versus 'Assimilation'

2.2 Hybridity, Belonging, and the Polysystem

2.3 'Labelled' Interactions and Antisemitism

2.4 Integration ≠ Upward Social Mobility

3 Methods and Sources

3.1 Defining 'the' Jewish Dutch Elite

3.2 Prominent Jews in the Dutch Biography Portal

4 Outline

Chapter 1 Changing Trades

1 Work in Transition

2 Conforming to Tradition

2.1 Banking

2.2 The Diamond Trade

2.3 The Textile and Clothing Industries

2.4 The Food and Beverages Industries

2.5 The Legal Professions

2.6 The Medical Professions

2.7 The Publishing and Graphic Industries

2.8 Trade

2.9 Jewish Congregational Work

3 Venturing Out

3.1 Media, Literature, and Poetry

3.2 Academia

3.3 Other White-Collar Professions

3.4 Education and Social Work

3.5 The Government and Politics

3.6 The Department Store Business

3.7 The Film and Cinema Industries

3.8 The Visual Arts

3.9 The Performing Arts

4 Other Ventures

5 Conclusions: Novel Pursuits in a New Age

Chapter 2 Vested Loyalties, Expanding Alliances

1 In the Intellectual Forefront

1.1 Educational Levels

1.2 Fields of Study

2 Seeking New Horizons

2.1 The Netherlands and the Colonies

2.2 Europe and the World

3 Between Tradition and Secularisation

3.1 Ties to Judaism

3.2 Other Religious Affiliations

4 Finding Love in Unfamiliar Places

4.1 Jewish Marriages

4.2 'Mixed' Marriages

5 Building Bridges

5.1 Political Engagement

5.2 Cultural Associational Life

5.3 Jewish Associational Life

6 Facing Antisemitism

7 Conclusions: Moving in Different Spheres.

Chapter 3 'A Double Burden': Fighting for Women's Rights

1 Jewish Women in a Changing Society

2 An Overrepresentation of Jewish Feminists

3 The Lives of Jewish Feminists

3.1 Women's Associations

3.2 Demographics

3.3 Socio-Economic and Political Backgrounds

3.4 Education and Career

3.5 Marriage, Religious Affiliations, and Secularity

3.6 Integration into Different Spheres

3.7 Jewish Identity and Antisemitism

4 Conclusions: Jewish Feminists in the Forefront

Chapter 4 Country Idylls, Hubs of Creativity, Places of Power

1 Country Houses in the Netherlands

2 Jewish Country Houses: A Transnational Phenomenon

3 The Lives of Jewish Country House Owners

3.1 Socio-Economic Backgrounds

3.2 Permanent Residences, Seasonal Homes

3.3 Family and Domestic Life

3.4 Business Mixed with Pleasure

3.5 'Bourgeois-Bohèmes'

3.6 Philanthropy and Politics

3.7 Local Contexts

3.8 A 'Jewish' Country House?

3.9 Increasing Antisemitism

4 Conclusions: Jewish Homes in the Country

Chapter 5 'The Call of the East': Entering the Imperial Space

1 Jews in the Dutch East Indies

2 The In-Between Position of Jews in the Indonesian Archipelago

3 The Lives of Jewish 'Indies Travellers'

3.1 Reasons to Migrate

3.2 Places of Origin, Places of Residence

3.3 Educational Levels

3.4 Colonial Occupations

3.5 Religiosity and Spouses

3.6 Associational Life

3.7 Confrontations with Antisemitism

4 Conclusions: Jewish 'Passing' in the Dutch East Indies

Conclusion

1 A Shifting Position in Society

2 Novel Opportunities, Perpetual Barriers

Epilogue

Appendix 1: Lexicons in the Dutch Biography Portal

Appendix 2: Data Model Outline

Bibliography

Index of Jews in the Dutch Biography Portal

Back Cover.

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Other Format:

Print version: van der Veen, Sietske The Jewish Dutch Elite in Transition

ISBN:

9789004760615

OCLC:

1587900423