The politics of Jewish commerce : economic thought and emancipation in Europe, 1638--1848 / Jonathan Karp.

By:

Karp, Jonathan, 1960-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 379 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0511414439
9780511415111
0511415117
9780511414435
9780511499081
0511499086
9781107407800
110740780X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Politics of Jewish commerce.DDC classification:

381.089/92404 22

LOC classification:

HF3495 .K37 2008eb

Other classification:

NY 4550

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Contents:

This new-fangled age -- From ancient constitution to mosaic republic -- A new system of civil and commercial government -- The natural relation of things -- A state within a state -- The Israelites and the aristocracy -- Jews, commerce, and history -- Capitalism and the Jews -- Afterward : industrialization and beyond.

Summary: Karp shows the centrality of economic rationales to debates on Jews' status in Italy, Britain, France and Germany during the course of two centuries and delineates the common themes that informed these debates - the ideal republic and the 'ancient constitution', the conflict between virtue and commerce, and the notion of useful labour.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index.

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Karp shows the centrality of economic rationales to debates on Jews' status in Italy, Britain, France and Germany during the course of two centuries and delineates the common themes that informed these debates - the ideal republic and the 'ancient constitution', the conflict between virtue and commerce, and the notion of useful labour.

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