Author: Penslar, Derek J.
Title: Shylock's Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (2001). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xi,374 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Jews, Paupers & Other Savages: The Economic Image of the Jew in Western Europe, 1648-1848; The Origins of Jewish Political Economy, 1648-1848; The Origins of Modern Jewish Philanthropy, 1789-1860; Homo economicus judaicus and the Spirit of Capitalism, 1848-1914; Solving the "Jewish Problem": Jewish Social Policy, 1860-1933; From Social Policy to Social Engineering, 1870-1933; Epilogue.

Keywords: European Jewish Minority, Europe Jewry, Jews, Economic, Social History, Politics Political, Historical, Sociology, Economics