Purchasing Power: The Economics of Modern Jewish History

by Adam Teller

How has the ability of Jews to amass and wield power, within both Jewish and non-Jewish society, influenced and been influenced by their economic activity? Purchasing Power answers this question by examining the nexus between money and power in modern Jewish history. It does so, in its first section, by presenting a series of case studies of the ways in which the economic choices made by Jewish businessmen could bring them wealth and influence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812247302
• ISBN13: 9780812247305
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"