Gershon D. Hundert is the Leanor Segal Professor of Jewish Studies at McGill University. He specializes in Jewish history and early modern Polish history.

• Figure, Maps, TablesIntroduction Chapter 1. Numbers Chapter 2. The Town and the Jewish Community before 1700 Chapter 3. Jews and Other Poles Chapter 4. Jews in the Economy Chapter 5. Jewish Society Chapter 6. The Jewish Community Chapter 7. Authority in the Jewish CommunityChapter 8. Power and the Jewish CommunityAfterwordAppendix 1. The Privilege of the Jewish Community of Opatow Appendix 2. Measures, Weights, and Money Notes Works Cited Acknowledgments Index

The book's great and lasting value lies . . . in the consistently high standard of research which has gone into it. This will insure that Hundert's study will become a sine qua non for all those interested in studying . . . the history of the Jews in Poland and the role of Jews in Polish history.—Polish Review

Gershon D. Hundert is the Leanor Segal Professor of Jewish Studies at McGill University. He specializes in Jewish history and early modern Polish history.

• Figure, Maps, TablesIntroduction Chapter 1. Numbers Chapter 2. The Town and the Jewish Community before 1700 Chapter 3. Jews and Other Poles Chapter 4. Jews in the Economy Chapter 5. Jewish Society Chapter 6. The Jewish Community Chapter 7. Authority in the Jewish CommunityChapter 8. Power and the Jewish CommunityAfterwordAppendix 1. The Privilege of the Jewish Community of Opatow Appendix 2. Measures, Weights, and Money Notes Works Cited Acknowledgments Index

The book's great and lasting value lies . . . in the consistently high standard of research which has gone into it. This will insure that Hundert's study will become a sine qua non for all those interested in studying . . . the history of the Jews in Poland and the role of Jews in Polish history.—Polish Review

Gershon D. Hundert is the Leanor Segal Professor of Jewish Studies at McGill University. He specializes in Jewish history and early modern Polish history.

• Figure, Maps, TablesIntroduction Chapter 1. Numbers Chapter 2. The Town and the Jewish Community before 1700 Chapter 3. Jews and Other Poles Chapter 4. Jews in the Economy Chapter 5. Jewish Society Chapter 6. The Jewish Community Chapter 7. Authority in the Jewish CommunityChapter 8. Power and the Jewish CommunityAfterwordAppendix 1. The Privilege of the Jewish Community of Opatow Appendix 2. Measures, Weights, and Money Notes Works Cited Acknowledgments Index

The book's great and lasting value lies . . . in the consistently high standard of research which has gone into it. This will insure that Hundert's study will become a sine qua non for all those interested in studying . . . the history of the Jews in Poland and the role of Jews in Polish history.—Polish Review