Poverty and welfare among the Portuguese Jews in early modern Amsterdam
By: Tirtsah Levie Bernfeld
Publisher: The Littman library of Jewish civilization
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781904113577
Subjects: Poor; Judaism; Jews; Economic conditions; Poverty; Charities; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Setting the scene; title: 2. Migration of the poor; title: 3. Demographic outline; title: 4. The organization of welfare; title: 5. Financing charity; title: 6. The motives behind charity; title: 7. The daily life of the poor; title: 8. Epilogue.