There have been a number of excellent studies of Anglo-Jewry’s economic elite in the nineteenth century, especially Paul Emden’s The Jews of Britain (1943), Chaim Bermant’s The Cousinhood (1971), and Harold Pollins’ Eco? nomic History of the Jews in England (1982). While Bermant’s work explores the world of the Anglo-Jewish ‘grandee’ families – such as […]
