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Jews welcome coffee : tradition and innovation in early modern Germany /

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 seventee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liberles, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waltham, Mass. : Brandeis University Press, [2012]
Colección:Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series (Unnumbered)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Introduction: What Should One Drink?
  • 1 Coffee's Social Dimensions
  • 2 Coffee and Controversies in Germany
  • 3 The Rabbis Welcome Coffee
  • 4 Coffee in Everyday Life: Consumption, Petty Trade, and Religious Life
  • 5 It Is Not Permitted, Therefore It Is Forbidden: Controversies over the Jewish Coff ee Trade
  • 6 If Only They Had Worn Their Cocardes: Jews, Coffeehouses, and Social Integration
  • Epilogue: Tradition and Innovation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.