Atlantic Diasporas: Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews in the Age of Mercantilism, 1500-1800
This rich volume makes a valuable contribution to early modern Atlantic history and to Jewish studies. It is original, substantial, and theoretically sophisticated.(Lois Dubin, Smith College)These authors provide a window onto a diverse and fascinating world that challenges a host of popular notions.(Renaissance Quarterly)This volume includes pieces by such scholars as Jonathan Israel and Daviken Studnick-Gizbert, who have made outstanding contributions to our knowledge of the international activities, and the social and mental worlds, of the Marrano mercantile community.(New York Review of Books)This volume offers an excellent rebuttal to those who think that either Jews or the Atlantic stand apart from nation and empire.(David HancockJournal of Interdisciplinary History)A major contribution... Sophisticated analyses of culture and excellent archival research, integrating both with the burgeoning field of Atlantic Studies.(David GraizbordAmerican Jewish History)Atlantic Diasporaswill inform even experts in a diversity of fields.(Jonathan SchorschNew West Indian Guide)This volume is a very important contribution to our understanding of a very complex diaspora that defies simplistic generalizations.(Ana SchaposchnikJournal of World History)Refashioned the very concept of diaspora and made it into a viable model by which to examine the history of migration and ethnicity.(Rachel KransonJournal of American Ethnic History)Atlantic Diasporasis well organized, fascinating, groundbreaking, and extremely useful both as a platform to promote further research and as an assigned text.(Stanley MirvisH-LatAm, H-Net Reviews)