Synopses & Reviews
This study demonstrates the centrality of economic rationales to debates on Jews status in Italy, Britain, France, and Germany during the course of two centuries. It delineates the common motifs that informed these discussions. It thus provides the first overview of the political-economic dimensions of the Jewish emancipation literature of this period viewed against the backdrop of broader controversies within European society over the effects of commerce on inherited political values and institutions.
Synopsis
This book examines the centrality of economics in European attitudes toward Jews from 1638 1848.