בידספיריט | ספר JEWISH ROOTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN

ספר JEWISH ROOTS IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY by Mendel Kaplan - SIGNED by Author 1986 - Hardcover with DJ C. Struik Publishers Cape Town, South Africa First Edition 1986 Over 200 B&W illustrations 416 pages plus end pages (included a full bibliography and index 950 grams 17.5 x 24.5 cm ”This is an economic history of SA Jewry stretching back to the late 1700's early 1800's. It details our ancestors role in the early agricultural economy through the itinerant peddlers or 'smouses' to the mining Randlords to the contributions to the financial, fashion and retailing sectors to name just a few. This is a well researched book by the eponymous benefactor of the Jewish Studies department at the University of Cape Town.”