"Antisemitic stereotypes of Jews as capitalists have hindered research into the economic dimension of the Jewish past. The figure of the Jew as trader and financier dominated the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. But the economy has been central to Jewish life and the Jewish image in the world;...

'The Work-Family Challenge' takes a critical look at what is often referred to as 'family friendly' employment, and addresses the question of how to achieve the cultural change in organisations which meets the needs of the contemporary workforce

Since the 1960s the family in the OECD area has undergone significant transformation. In many countries, the extended family has all but disappeared, and the traditional two-parent family has become much less widespread as divorce rates, re-marriages, cohabitation, single parenthood and same-sex...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Family Dynamics under Patriarchy -- I. Planning A Business Dynasty, 1907-1932 -- 1. Parents Who Dreamed of a Business Dynasty -- 2. Sons Who Tried for Admission to Cambridge -- 3. Sons Who Did Not Want to Become British Citizens -- II. Behaving...