Jewish Entrepreneurship in Salonica, 1912-1940
Orly C Meron
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Description for Jewish Entrepreneurship in Salonica, 1912-1940
Paperback. Num Pages: 442 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JJ; JFSR1; KJH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
This book documents and analyses the transformations in the Jewish-owned economy active in Salonica during the period of the consolidating Greek nation-state, prior to World War II. Based on archival materials, the author provides a comprehensive, comparative inter-ethnic empirical study of Jewish entrepreneurial patterns for two distinct historical periods: the multi-ethnic business world of Greek Macedonia (1912-1922) after its incorporation into the Greek nation-state; and the era of minority-majority relations (1923-1940), following a radical modification of the city's demographic composition -- a process that culminated in Salonica's ethnic unification. A macro analysis combines a comparative static overview of the Jewish-owned ... Read more
This book documents and analyses the transformations in the Jewish-owned economy active in Salonica during the period of the consolidating Greek nation-state, prior to World War II. Based on archival materials, the author provides a comprehensive, comparative inter-ethnic empirical study of Jewish entrepreneurial patterns for two distinct historical periods: the multi-ethnic business world of Greek Macedonia (1912-1922) after its incorporation into the Greek nation-state; and the era of minority-majority relations (1923-1940), following a radical modification of the city's demographic composition -- a process that culminated in Salonica's ethnic unification. A macro analysis combines a comparative static overview of the Jewish-owned ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
779g
Number of Pages
442
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195793
SKU
V9781845195793
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About Orly C Meron
Orly C Meron is lecturer in the Jewish History Department and the Interdisciplinary Department for Social Sciences at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Her current interests include the ethnic economies of recent migrants and permanent minorities and the economic history of Jewish Sephardic communities before World War 2.
Reviews for Jewish Entrepreneurship in Salonica, 1912-1940
In this beautifully written, elegantly theorized and painstaking researched book, Orly Meron tells the story of Jewish economic activities in Salonica prior to the Nazi take-over. Steven J. Gold, Professor and Graduate Program Director, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University