Diamond Stories : Enduring Change on 47th Street /

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Sequestered within the heart of a cosmopolitan city is an exotic world-a place where diamonds, astronomically priced, are bought and sold on the strength of a handshake, and business disputes are resolved according to ancient Jewish principles of arbitration. Yet it is also a modern industry facing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Shield, Renée Rose (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Colección:The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
Temas:
Diamond industry and trade > New York (State) > New York > History.
Jewish businesspeople > New York (State) > New York > History.
Jews in the diamond industry > New York (State) > New York > History.
Anthropology.
Jewish Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Diamonds, Jews, and the World
  • 3. Being There
  • 4. New York, Diamond Center
  • 5. Million Dollar Handshakes
  • 6. With Loupe and Internet
  • 7. Diamonds, Families, and Time
  • 8. The Courtly System of Arbitration
  • 9. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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