Shylock's Children
Subtitle: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 4, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780520225909
Subjects: Economic history; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Jewish studies; Identity; History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Jewish - General; Europe - General; History / General; Economic conditions; Jews; Public opinion
First sentence: The irrationally of prejudice, its constant self-contradiction, appears most prominent in the case antisemitism.
Description: Shylock's children tells the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and of its effects on modern Jewish identity in Europe.