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Sarah Abrevaya Stein

    Sarah Abrevaya Stein ist eine Historikerin, deren gefeierte Werke sich mit dem Leben sefardischer Juden und ihren Reisen im breiteren Kontext der globalen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts befassen. Ihre Schriften untersuchen die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen Migration, Identität und Handel und bieten eine differenzierte Perspektive auf Leben, die nationale Grenzen überschritten. Durch sorgfältige Untersuchung oft übersehener Themen, wie des Handels mit Straußenfedern, deckt Stein miteinander verbundene Welten und vergessene Geschichten auf. Ihre Prosa erweckt die Vergangenheit lebendig zum Leben und enthüllt intime menschliche Geschichten innerhalb umfassender historischer Erzählungen.

    Plumes : Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce
    Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies: Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen
    • In early 20th-century Yemen, a sizable Jewish poplulation was subject to sumptuary laws and social restrictions. Jews regularly came into contact with Islamic courts and Muslim jurists, by choice and by necessity, became embroiled in the most intimate details of their Jewish neighbors' lives. Mark S. Wagner draws on autobiographical writings to study the careers of three Jewish intermediaries who used their knowledge of Islamic law to manipulate the shari'a for their own benefit and for the good of their community. The result is a fresh perspective on the place of religious minorities in Muslim societies.

      Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies: Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen
      5,0
    • The thirst for exotic ornament among fashionable women in the metropoles of Europe and America prompted a bustling global trade in ostrich feathers that flourished from the 1880s until the First World War. When feathers fell out of fashion with consumers, the result was an economic catastrophe for many, a worldwide feather bust. The authors draws on rich archival materials to bring to light the prominent and varied roles of Jews in the feather trade.

      Plumes : Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce
      4,0