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1 online resource (ix, 311 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The chosen people in the chosen land: some thoughts on the Jewish encounter with American capitalism / Rebecca Kobrin -- Exceptionalisms: points of departure for studies of capitalism and Jews in the United States / Ira Katznelson -- The evolution of the Jewish garment industry, 1840-1940 / Phyllis Dillon and Andrew Godley -- From the rag trade to riches: Abraham E. Lefcourt and the building of New York's garment district / Andrew Dolkart -- Success from scrap and second-hand goods: Jewish businessmen in the Midwest, 1890-1930 / Jonathan Z.S. Pollack -- Despised merchandise: American Jewish liquor entrepreneurs and their prohibitionist critics / Marni Davis -- Blacks, Jews, and the business of race music, 1945-1955 / Jonathan Karp -- Jews, Indian curios, and the westward expansion of American capitalism / David Koffman -- The multicultural front: a Yiddish-socialist response to sweatshop capitalism / Daniel Katz -- Making peace with capitalism?: Jewish Socialism enters the mainstream, 1933-1944 / Daniel Soyer -- A Jewish "third way" to American capitalism: Isaac Rivkind and the conservative-communitarian ideal / Eli Lederhendler -- Marketing cantors in the early 20th century: the case of Yossele Rosenblatt / Jeffrey Shandler -- How matzah became square: Manischewitz and the development of machine-made matzah in the United States / Jonathan Sarna. |
| Summary |
At what moments and in what ways did Jews play a central role in American capitalism? Chosen Capital addresses this question head-on by exploring Jews' impact on American capitalism as both its architects-through their participation in specific industries-and as its most vocal critics through their support of unionism and radical political movements. Essays are contributed by a stellar list of scholars. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- Congresses.
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Jews. |
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United States. |
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Economic conditions. |
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Capitalism -- United States -- History -- Congresses.
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Capitalism. |
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History. |
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
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Free enterprise -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses.
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Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses.
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Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Free Enterprise. |
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Free enterprise -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. |
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Jews -- Economic conditions. |
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Verenigde Staten. |
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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History.
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Congressen (vorm)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Kobrin, Rebecca.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chosen capital. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2012 9780813553078 (DLC) 2011038426 (OCoLC)755004255 |
| ISBN |
9780813553290 (electronic book) |
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0813553296 (electronic book) |
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9780813553078 (electronic book) |
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0813553075 (electronic book) |
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9780813553085 (electronic book) |
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0813553083 (electronic book) |
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9781283634595 |
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1283634597 |
| Standard No. |
9786613947048 |
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40021200752 |
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