Jorun Poettering
Biographic Data
| ID | 1101059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jorun Poettering |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jorun |
| FAMILY NAME | Poettering |
| SIGNATURE | POETTERING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Hamburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9089-9790 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Fluxos transatlânticos: O papel do açúcar brasileiro na conformação da comunidade judaico-portuguesa de Hamburgo, século XVII
Este artigo retrata o desenvolvimento da comunidade judaico-portuguesa de Hamburgo desde as suas origens, no final do século XVI, até o seu declínio, um século depois. Defende que a sua vida cultural e religiosa estava intimamente ligada às flutuações do comércio do açúcar produzido no Brasil. A fim de examinar as conexões pessoais e econômicas concretas que existiam entre a cidade hanseática e o nordeste brasileiro, utiliza fontes biográficas, n…
Social Origins and Social Advancement
Migrating Merchants: Trade, Nation, and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Hamburg and Portugal
What impact did the cultural origins and religious backgrounds of the merchants in the early modern period have on their business activities? How did these people manage to integrate themselves into the foreign societies within which they lived and worked? In this book Jorun Poettering examines the circumstances of the merchants who traded between Hamburg and Portugal in the seventeenth century. Her study offers new insights into the history of m…
Paradise for Whom? Conservatism and Progress in the Perception of Rio de Janeiro's Drinking-Water Supply, Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
This article examines the ways in which the perception of Rio de Janeiro's drinking water contributed to shaping the city's hydric management in colonial and imperial times. Even though the general assessment of climate and vegetation changed from paradisiacal to noxious in the second half of the eighteenth century in accordance with Enlightenment ideas, this had no effect on the locals' appreciation of the city's drinking water. The criteria for…
Water and the Struggle for Public Space: Social Negotiations in the Usage of Colonial Rio de Janeiro's Waterworks
The urban space of colonial Rio de Janeiro was to a large degree structured by a water supply system drawn from European models, including aqueducts, fountains, and a network of underground pipes. This infrastructure, however, worked hand in hand with innumerable slaves responsible for the distribution of water from the fountains to individual households. The article analyzes the continuous social negotiation between white elites and Afro-Brazili…
Reflexões acerca da competitividade das redes comerciais judaico-portuguesas no século XVII
As redes comerciais dos judeus portugueses geralmente são vistas como singularmente vastas, dinámicas e eficazes. Devido à sua base étnica e religiosa comum, os judeus portugueses e os cristãos novos teriam compartilhado laços de simpatia e solidariedade extraordinária que teriam beneficiado os seus negócios. No entanto há uma série de argumentos que põem em causa esta alegação, sugerindo, pelo contrário, que os judeus portugueses tiveram que enf…
Handel, Nation und Religion: Kaufleute zwischen Hamburg und Portugal im 17. Jahrhundert
Das Leben der Kaufleute in der Frühen Neuzeit war von Migration und Fremdheit bestimmt: Portugiesische und niederländische Kaufleute zogen nach Hamburg, hamburgische und niederländische Kaufleute nach Portugal. Die Studie untersucht wirtschaftliche, politische und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und vergleicht die geografische und soziale Mobilität sowie Umsätze, Vermögen und Warenspezialisierungen der Kaufleute. Sie beleuchtet ihre Integration in v…
Migrating Merchants: Trade, Nation, and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Hamburg and Portugal
What impact did the cultural origins and religious backgrounds of the merchants in the early modern period have on their business activities? How did these people manage to integrate themselves into the foreign societies within which they lived and worked? In this book Jorun Poettering examines the circumstances of the merchants who traded between Hamburg and Portugal in the seventeenth century. Her study offers new insights into the history of m…
Water and the Struggle for Public Space: Social Negotiations in the Usage of Colonial Rio de Janeiro's Waterworks
The urban space of colonial Rio de Janeiro was to a large degree structured by a water supply system drawn from European models, including aqueducts, fountains, and a network of underground pipes. This infrastructure, however, worked hand in hand with innumerable slaves responsible for the distribution of water from the fountains to individual households. The article analyzes the continuous social negotiation between white elites and Afro-Brazili…
Reflexões acerca da competitividade das redes comerciais judaico-portuguesas no século XVII
As redes comerciais dos judeus portugueses geralmente são vistas como singularmente vastas, dinámicas e eficazes. Devido à sua base étnica e religiosa comum, os judeus portugueses e os cristãos novos teriam compartilhado laços de simpatia e solidariedade extraordinária que teriam beneficiado os seus negócios. No entanto há uma série de argumentos que põem em causa esta alegação, sugerindo, pelo contrário, que os judeus portugueses tiveram que enf…
Handel, Nation und Religion: Kaufleute zwischen Hamburg und Portugal im 17. Jahrhundert
Das Leben der Kaufleute in der Frühen Neuzeit war von Migration und Fremdheit bestimmt: Portugiesische und niederländische Kaufleute zogen nach Hamburg, hamburgische und niederländische Kaufleute nach Portugal. Die Studie untersucht wirtschaftliche, politische und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und vergleicht die geografische und soziale Mobilität sowie Umsätze, Vermögen und Warenspezialisierungen der Kaufleute. Sie beleuchtet ihre Integration in v…
Reflexões acerca da competitividade das redes comerciais judaico-portuguesas no século XVII
As redes comerciais dos judeus portugueses geralmente são vistas como singularmente vastas, dinámicas e eficazes. Devido à sua base étnica e religiosa comum, os judeus portugueses e os cristãos novos teriam compartilhado laços de simpatia e solidariedade extraordinária que teriam beneficiado os seus negócios. No entanto há uma série de argumentos que põem em causa esta alegação, sugerindo, pelo contrário, que os judeus portugueses tiveram que enf…
Water and the Struggle for Public Space: Social Negotiations in the Usage of Colonial Rio de Janeiro's Waterworks
The urban space of colonial Rio de Janeiro was to a large degree structured by a water supply system drawn from European models, including aqueducts, fountains, and a network of underground pipes. This infrastructure, however, worked hand in hand with innumerable slaves responsible for the distribution of water from the fountains to individual households. The article analyzes the continuous social negotiation between white elites and Afro-Brazili…
Social Origins and Social Advancement
Migrating Merchants: Trade, Nation, and Religion in Seventeenth-Century Hamburg and Portugal
What impact did the cultural origins and religious backgrounds of the merchants in the early modern period have on their business activities? How did these people manage to integrate themselves into the foreign societies within which they lived and worked? In this book Jorun Poettering examines the circumstances of the merchants who traded between Hamburg and Portugal in the seventeenth century. Her study offers new insights into the history of m…
Paradise for Whom? Conservatism and Progress in the Perception of Rio de Janeiro's Drinking-Water Supply, Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
This article examines the ways in which the perception of Rio de Janeiro's drinking water contributed to shaping the city's hydric management in colonial and imperial times. Even though the general assessment of climate and vegetation changed from paradisiacal to noxious in the second half of the eighteenth century in accordance with Enlightenment ideas, this had no effect on the locals' appreciation of the city's drinking water. The criteria for…
Fluxos transatlânticos: O papel do açúcar brasileiro na conformação da comunidade judaico-portuguesa de Hamburgo, século XVII
Este artigo retrata o desenvolvimento da comunidade judaico-portuguesa de Hamburgo desde as suas origens, no final do século XVI, até o seu declínio, um século depois. Defende que a sua vida cultural e religiosa estava intimamente ligada às flutuações do comércio do açúcar produzido no Brasil. A fim de examinar as conexões pessoais e econômicas concretas que existiam entre a cidade hanseática e o nordeste brasileiro, utiliza fontes biográficas, n…
Colonialism, slavery, and trade (5 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Commerce (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Environmental Engineering (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works)