Jews in Another Environment: Surinam in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century

by Robert Cohen

The most important Jewish center in the western hemisphere during the eighteenth century was "the great colony" - Surinam. There, Jews formed perhaps the most privileged Jewish community in the world. They were often plantation and slave owners, as well as a sizeable proportion of the white population. They had their own village, with extensive autonomous rights.
This book is a study of the impact of environment on Jewish life in a colonial society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004093737
• ISBN13: 9789004093737
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"