{"product_id":"9781526178022","title":"The Jewish pedlar","description":"Author: Tony Kushner\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781526178022\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 27 Aug 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn imaginative investigation into a historical crime that sheds new light on Jewish history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1734 a pedlar turned smuggler named Jacob Harris slit the throats of three people in a pub in Sussex. This triple-murder, for which he was hanged and gibbeted, remains the most violent crime ever committed by a British Jew. Yet today it is all but forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In The Jewish pedlar, Tony Kushner goes in search of the enigmatic Harris. Digging into a remarkable range of sources, from law records and newspaper reports to ballads and folktales, he follows the traces of Harris's legend across three hundred years of British history. In doing so, he reconstructs the world of Jewish pedlars and criminals across many continents. The lives these figures eked out at the margins of society paint a picture of persistent antisemitism  but also of remarkable integration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Intellectually bold and deeply humane, The Jewish pedlar takes a new, grassroots approach to the history of Jews in the modern world, shedding light on everyday lives from the Enlightenment to the Holocaust and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920558276766,"sku":"ING-9781526178022","price":56.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781526178022.jpg?v=1782823819","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781526178022","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}