The first history of Jews in the nineteenth-century transatlantic diamond industry, A Brilliant Commodity shows how Jews became key players in the trade from its earliest days-from South Africa to Amsterdam and London to New York-to its place as a lucrative commodity in the global economy.
The first history of Jews in the nineteenth-century transatlantic diamond industry, A Brilliant Commodity shows how Jews became key players in the trade from its earliest days-from South Africa to Amsterdam and London to New York-to its place as a lucrative commodity in the global economy.
Saskia Coenen Snyder is Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of South Carolina. She is the author of Building a Public Judaism: Synagogues and Jewish Identity in Nineteenth-Century Europe, which was a finalist for the Grawemeyer Award in Religion.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: Clarity, Cut, Carat, and Color Chapter 1: "Like Dewdrops in the Waving Grass": Diamonds in South Africa Chapter 2: An Empire Made Portable: London Chapter 3: "As Long As It Sparkles!": Amsterdam Chapter 4: "Luxuries Have Now Become Necessities": New York Chapter 5: Jews and Diamonds in the Public Imagination Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Preface Introduction: Clarity, Cut, Carat, and Color Chapter 1: "Like Dewdrops in the Waving Grass": Diamonds in South Africa Chapter 2: An Empire Made Portable: London Chapter 3: "As Long As It Sparkles!": Amsterdam Chapter 4: "Luxuries Have Now Become Necessities": New York Chapter 5: Jews and Diamonds in the Public Imagination Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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