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PROLEGOMENA to an “Economic Turn” in Jewish History
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- FOREWORD vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- PROLEGOMENA to an “Economic Turn” in Jewish History 1
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I RETHINKING THE ECONOMY IN JEWISH HISTORY
- 1 CAN ECONOMIC HISTORY DATE THE INCEPTION OF JEWISH MODERNITY? 23
- 2 WANDERING AS CIRCULATION Dostoevsky and Marx on the “Jewish Question” 43
- 3 MONEY MAKES THE JEW GO ROUND West German Jewry and the Search for Flexibility 62
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II JEWS IN THE MARKETPLACE
- 4 ALL TALK OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? Brokerage and Schmoozing in a Swiss Urban Society in the Early Nineteenth Century 79
- 5 SOCIALISTS, BANKERS, AND SEPHARDIC JEWS The Pereire Brothers and the Crédit Mobilier 94
- 6 BUYING, SELLING, BEING, DRINKING Jewish Coffeehouse Consumption in the Long Nineteenth Century 115
- 7 CONSUMING POWERS The “Jewish Department Store” in German Politics and Culture 135
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III JEWISH ECONOMIES IN NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS
- 8 GOING NATIVE Moritz Jellinek and the Modernization of the Hungarian Economy 157
- 9 JEWS, PLUMES, AND GLOBAL COMMERCE IN THE MODERN PERIOD 174
- 10 TRADING IN TORAH Bootleg Bibles and Secondhand Scripture in the Age of European Imperialism 187
- 11 CUT TO ZIONISM The Emergence of the Diamond Industry in British-Ruled Palestine 202
- CONTRIBUTORS TO THE VOLUME 222
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
- INDEX 232
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- FOREWORD vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- PROLEGOMENA to an “Economic Turn” in Jewish History 1
-
I RETHINKING THE ECONOMY IN JEWISH HISTORY
- 1 CAN ECONOMIC HISTORY DATE THE INCEPTION OF JEWISH MODERNITY? 23
- 2 WANDERING AS CIRCULATION Dostoevsky and Marx on the “Jewish Question” 43
- 3 MONEY MAKES THE JEW GO ROUND West German Jewry and the Search for Flexibility 62
-
II JEWS IN THE MARKETPLACE
- 4 ALL TALK OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? Brokerage and Schmoozing in a Swiss Urban Society in the Early Nineteenth Century 79
- 5 SOCIALISTS, BANKERS, AND SEPHARDIC JEWS The Pereire Brothers and the Crédit Mobilier 94
- 6 BUYING, SELLING, BEING, DRINKING Jewish Coffeehouse Consumption in the Long Nineteenth Century 115
- 7 CONSUMING POWERS The “Jewish Department Store” in German Politics and Culture 135
-
III JEWISH ECONOMIES IN NATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL CONTEXTS
- 8 GOING NATIVE Moritz Jellinek and the Modernization of the Hungarian Economy 157
- 9 JEWS, PLUMES, AND GLOBAL COMMERCE IN THE MODERN PERIOD 174
- 10 TRADING IN TORAH Bootleg Bibles and Secondhand Scripture in the Age of European Imperialism 187
- 11 CUT TO ZIONISM The Emergence of the Diamond Industry in British-Ruled Palestine 202
- CONTRIBUTORS TO THE VOLUME 222
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 225
- INDEX 232