Mediterranean Enlightenment Livornese Jews, Tuscan culture, and eighteenth-century reform / Francesca Bregoli.

Author/creator Bregoli, Francesca
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Descriptionxiii, 339 pages ; 24 cm
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SeriesStanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture. ^A383414
Contents The nazione ebrea and the Tuscan state : a fruitful symbiosis -- Balancing acts : the unlikely cultural mediations of Joseph Attias -- In praise of good taste : Galilean science, critical spirit, and Hebraic studies -- Entering the medical republic : Jewish physicians and the pursuit of the public good -- Pious care and devotional literature at the time of Enlightenment reform -- Coffee and gambling : Jewish recreation and 'national' separation -- Commerce and Jewish culture : the business of Hebrew publishing -- Economic utility and political reforms : the 'Jewish question' in Livorno -- Conclusion : enlightenment and emancipation : privilege and its discontents.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references(pages 299-330) and index.
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LCCN 2014007326
ISBN9780804786508 (cloth : alk. paper)

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