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    • Author/Creator:Coenen Snyder, Saskia, author.
    • Title:A brilliant commodity : diamonds and Jews in a modern setting / Saskia Coenen Snyder.
    • ISBN:9780197610503
    • Publication:New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
    • Copyright notice date: ©2023
    • Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
    • Links:Online book
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    • Notes:Also issued in print: 2023.
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    • Summary:A history of Jews in the nineteenth-century transatlantic diamond industry, 'A Brilliant Commodity' shows how Jews became key players in the trade from its earliest days - from South Africa to Amsterdam and London to New York - to its place as a lucrative commodity in the global economy.
    • Variant and related titles:Oxford scholarship online.
    • Other formats:Print version :
    • Format:Book
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
    • Audience:Specialized.
    • Subjects:Diamond industry and trade--History--19th century.
      Jewish merchants--History--19th century.