Atlantic diasporas; Jews, conversos, and crypto-Jews in the age of mercantilism, 1500-1800.

9780801890352

Atlantic diasporas; Jews, conversos, and crypto-Jews in the age of mercantilism, 1500-1800.

Ed. by Richard L. Kagan and Philip D. Morgan.

Johns Hopkins U. Press

2009

307 pages

$30.00

Paperback

DS134

Kagan and Morgan (history, Johns Hopkins U.) have edited these essays on the role that Jews, crypto-Jews and conversos had in the settling of both sides of the Atlantic from 1500 to 1800, covering maritime and mercantile activity and its influence on politics, culture and religious identity. Prominent scholars provide contributions that discuss the Jewish diaspora including Sephardic settlements in early Dutch America, the scope and influence of Portuguese trading relationships and slavery practices. This volume, which also chronicles the early trading relationships betweem Muslims, Christians and Jews, should be equally informative to students of history and Jewish studies.

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