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- Jews Welcome Coffee: Tradition and Innovation in Early Modern Germany
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
- Series: Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry & HBI Series on Jewish Women
summary
Tracing the introduction of coffee into Europe, Robert Liberles challenges long-held assumptions about early modern Jewish history and shows how the Jews harnessed an innovation that enriched their personal, religious, social, and economic lives. Focusing on Jewish society in Germany in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and using coffee as a key to understanding social change, Liberles analyzes German rabbinic rulings on coffee, Jewish consumption patterns, the commercial importance of coffee for various social strata, differences based on gender, and the efforts of German authorities to restrict Jewish trade in coffee, as well as the integration of Jews into society.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction: What Should One Drink?
- pp. ix-xviii
- 1. Coffee’s Social Dimensions
- pp. 1-18
- 3. The Rabbis Welcome Coffee
- pp. 37-59
- Epilogue: Tradition and Innovation
- pp. 133-137
- Bibliography
- pp. 155-162
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611682472
Related ISBN(s)
9781611682458, 9781611682465
MARC Record
OCLC
793207865
Pages
189
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-08
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012