Jews in Another Environment: Surinam in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century
The most important Jewish center in the western hemisphere during the eighteenth century was the great colony - Surinam. There, Jews formed perhaps the most privileged Jewish community in the world. They were often plantation and slave owners, as well as a sizeable proportion of the white population. They had their own village, with extensive autonomous rights.This book is a study of the impact of environment on Jewish life in a colonial society. It analyzes the impact of environment upon migratory patterns, health and mortality, economic structures, intellectual life, and communal dynamics.Following the methods of social history, this book u…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-90-04-09373-7
- EAN: 9789004093737
- Produktnummer: 2435117
- Verlag: Brill Academic Pub
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
- Seitenangabe: 350 S.
- Masse: H24.3 cm x B16.4 cm x D2.9 cm 789 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 01
- Gewicht: 789
Über den Autor
Robert Cohen + was Senior Lecturer in Modern Jewish History at the University of Haifa, Israel. Publications: editor of The Jewish Nation in Surinam: Historical Essays (1982), and many articles on Dutch Jewish history, historical demography and Sephardi history.
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