Port Jews

by David Cesarani (Editor)

The history of Jews in cosmopolitan maritime trading centres is a field of research that is reshaping our understanding of how Jews entered the modern world. These studies show that the utility of Jewish merchants in an era of European expansion was vital to their acculturation and assimilation.

216 pages, Paperback

First published July 30, 2002

About the author

David Cesarani OBE was an English historian who specialised in Jewish history, especially the Holocaust.

Reviews

[Jindřich Zapletal · Rating 2 out of 5]

A really interesting topic and a great disappointment as a book. The contributors just sing paeans to their historiographical concept without providing the reader any further information. In addition, the selection of ports is less than representative of the topic.