{"product_id":"the-patrons-and-their-poor-9780812252392","title":"The Patrons and Their Poor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patrons and Their Poor\u003c\/i\u003e fits within new methodological directions, analyzing theregisters ofJewish communities and philanthropic organizations compiled in Germany during the seventeenth century...Kaplan’s study is an important book that adds to our knowledge of the complexity of early modern social structures. * H-Judaic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patrons and Their Poor\u003c\/i\u003e is a truly outstanding work of meticulous scholarship. Analyzing the range of communal policies pertaining to poor relief and the norms of charitable giving at the individual level, Debra Kaplan presents an excellent, comprehensive history of charity as practiced in early modern Germany. * Jay R. Berkovitz, University of Massachusetts Amherst *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on Currencies and Translations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Early Modern Jewish Communities and Their Records\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Something Happened to Charity in Early Modern Europe\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Charity, Economy, and Communal Discipline\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. The Residential Poor\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Transient Poor\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Constructing a Community of Donors\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Charity Across Borders\u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Foreign Jews in Frankfurt's \u003ci\u003eJudengasse\u003c\/i\u003e, 1694\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Foreign Terms\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405744120151,"sku":"9780812252392","price":52.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812252392.jpg?v=1730493460","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-patrons-and-their-poor-9780812252392","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}