This fascinating book on the history of Chinese Jews reads like an adventure story; crisscrossing geographic locations transcending ages. Michael Pollak has sniffed out every available clue on the Chinese Jews: his research is solid well documented. Beyond the confines of Jewish history; this saga sheds much light on China's past especially its treatment of minorities. This new edition includes a new preface that assembles evaluates the data that have come to the fore with regard to the once flourishing Jewish communities of old China; particularly that of Kaifeng; in the years since 1979; when the original manuscript of this book was completed; to correct a number of errors. Numerous illustrations.
#1745249 in Books University of New Mexico Press 2006-10-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .85 x 6.06l; 1.10 #File Name: 0826340512297 pages
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