The Jews of China: Historical and Comparative Perspectives Vol. 1

An impressive interdisciplinary effort by Chinese, Japanese, Middle Eastern, and Western Sinologists and Judaic Studies specialists, these books scrutinize patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation, and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately A.D.1100 to 1949. V. 1. Historical And Comparative Perspectives -- V. 2 A Sourcebook And Research Guide. Edited With An Introduction By Jonathan Goldstein ; Concluding Essay By Benjamin J. Schwartz. An East Gate Book. Includes Bibliogrphical References And Index. This interdisciplinary study examines patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately AD 1100 to 1949. vol. 1. Historical and comparative perspectives vol. 2. A sourcebook and research guide.