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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
REBECCA KOBRIN is the Russell and Bettina Knapp Assistant Professor of American Jewish History at Columbia University. She has published widely on issues concerning American Jewish history and East European Jewish migration and is the author of Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.
Inhaltsangabe
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 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 Sanctification of the brand name : the marketing of cantor Yossele Rosenblatt / Jeffrey Shandler How matzah became square : Manischewitz and the development of machine-made matzah in the United States / Jonathan D. Sarna
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 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 Sanctification of the brand name : the marketing of cantor Yossele Rosenblatt / Jeffrey Shandler How matzah became square : Manischewitz and the development of machine-made matzah in the United States / Jonathan D. Sarna
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