Shylock's Children

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Ink signature and date at top of title. A tight, clean and otherwise unmarked copy. 374pp.. ISBN: 0520225902.

Hardback. New. Throughout European history, Jews have been associated with commerce and the money trade, rendered both visible and vulnerable, like Shylock, by their economic distinctiveness. This is the story of Jewish perceptions of this economic difference and its effect on modern Jewish identity.