Atlantic Diasporas Kathryn Medien Infants Coding Excision of Lesions

Infants Coding Excision of Lesions

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Atlantic Diasporas Kathryn Medien Infants Coding Excision of LesionsThis wide ranging narrative explores the role that Jews, Conversos, and Crypto Jews played in settling and building the Atlantic world between 1500 and 1800. Through the interwoven themes of markets, politics, religion, culture, and identity, the essays here demonstrate that the world of Atlantic Jewry, most often typified by Port Jews involved in mercantile pursuits, was more complex than commonly depicted. The first section discusses the diaspora in