Download or read book The Same But Different? written by Jessica V. Roitman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using cutting-edge theory regarding trade networks and diaspora, this book offers an innovative analysis of Sephardic merchants in 17th c. Amsterdam’s trade. Challenging views that Sephardic success stemmed from endogamous business relationships, it shows that Sephardic merchants traded with non-Sephardim.