LEADER 05513nam 2200853 450 001 9910813050403321 005 20210506211935.0 010 $a0-8122-9165-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812291650 035 $a(CKB)3790000000033266 035 $a(EBL)4321846 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001546007 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134104 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546007 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14062954 035 $a(PQKB)11391094 035 $a(OCoLC)921122557 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46646 035 $a(DE-B1597)452762 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812291650 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4321846 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11149334 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL829376 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4321846 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000033266 100 $a20160211h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPurchasing power $ethe economics of modern Jewish history /$fedited by Rebecca Kobrin and Adam Teller 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (364 p.) 225 1 $aJewish Culture and Contexts 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8122-4730-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction. Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History --$tChapter 1 Licenses, Cartels, and Kehila: Jewish Moneylending and the Struggle Against Restraint of Trade in Early Modern Rome --$tChapter 2. Contraband for the Catholic King: Jews of the French Pyrenees in the Tobacco Trade and Spanish State Finance --$tChapter 3. Daily Business or an Affair of Consequence? Credit, Reputation, and Bankruptcy Among Jewish Merchants in Eighteenth- Century Central Europe --$tChapter 4. Jewish Quarters: The Economics of Segregation in the Kingdom of Poland --$tChapter 5. From Moses to Moses: Jews, Clothing, and Colonial Commerce --$tChapter 6. Brokering a Rock ?n? Roll International: Jewish Record Men in America and Britain --$tChapter 7. The ?West? and the Rest: Jewish Philanthropy and Globalization to c. 1880 --$tChapter 8. Rebels Without a Patron State: How Israel Financed the 1948 War --$tChapter 9. Orthodoxy Through Diamonds: Jewish Life in Antwerp after World War II --$tChapter 10. Faith Meets Politics and Resources: Reassessing Modern Transnational Jewish Activism --$tChapter 11. Anxieties of Distinctiveness: Walter Sombart?s The Jews and Modern Capitalism and the Politics of Jewish Economic History --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tList of Contributors 330 $aHow has the ability of Jews to amass and wield power, within both Jewish and non-Jewish society, influenced and been influenced by their economic activity? Purchasing Power answers this question by examining the nexus between money and power in modern Jewish history. It does so, in its first section, by presenting a series of case studies of the ways in which the economic choices made by Jewish businessmen could bring them wealth and influence. The second section focuses on transnational Jewish philanthropic and economic networks. The discussions there reveal how the wielding of power by Jewish organizations on the world stage could shape not only Jewish society but also the international arena. In this way, the contributors to this volume reposition economics as central to our understanding of the Jewish experience from early modern Rome to contemporary America. Its importance for the creation of the State of Israel is also examined. As the editors write: "The study of culture and identity has proved valuable and enlightening (and, in some senses, also comfortable) in understanding the complexities of Jewish history. Perhaps we should now return to the issues of the material bases for Jewish life, and the ways in which Jews have exploited them in their search for wealth and power. Our understanding of the Jewish past will be immeasurably enriched in the effort. "Contributors: Cornelia Aust, Bernard Cooperman, Veerle Vanden Daelen, Jonathan Dekel-Chen, Glenn Dynner, Abigail Green, Jonathan Karp, Rebecca Kobrin, Adam D. Mendelsohn, Derek Penslar, Adam Sutcliffe, Adam Teller, Carsten L. Wilke. 410 0$aJewish culture and contexts. 606 $aJewish merchants$xHistory 606 $aJews$xEconomic conditions 606 $aJewish capitalists and financiers$xHistory 606 $aJewish businesspeople$xHistory 606 $aJews$xCommerce$xHistory 606 $aJews in public life$xHistory 606 $aJewish philanthropists$xHistory 610 $aArchitecture. 610 $aBusiness. 610 $aEconomics. 610 $aEuropean History. 610 $aHistory. 610 $aJewish Studies. 610 $aWorld History. 615 0$aJewish merchants$xHistory. 615 0$aJews$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aJewish capitalists and financiers$xHistory. 615 0$aJewish businesspeople$xHistory. 615 0$aJews$xCommerce$xHistory. 615 0$aJews in public life$xHistory. 615 0$aJewish philanthropists$xHistory. 676 $a330.089/924 686 $aNY 5500$2rvk 702 $aKobrin$b Rebecca 702 $aTeller$b A. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813050403321 996 $aPurchasing power$93913454 997 $aUNINA