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Chosen Capital
  • Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism
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  • Edited and with an introduction by Rebecca Kobrin
  • 2012
  • Published by: Rutgers University Press

Table of Contents

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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright Page
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Note on Orthography and Transliteration
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Part I. Reframing the Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Introduction. The Chosen People in the Chosen Land: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism
  2. pp. 1-11
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  1. Chapter 1. Two Exceptionalisms: Points of Departure for Studies of Capitalism and Jews in the Unites States
  2. pp. 12-32
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  1. Part II. Jewish Niches in the American Economy
  2. pp. 33-34
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  1. Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Jewish Garment Industry, 1840-1940
  2. pp. 35-61
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  1. Chapter 3. From the Rag Trade to Riches: Abraham E. Lefcourt and the Development of New York's Garment District
  2. pp. 62-92
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  1. Chapter 4. Success from Scrap and Secondhand Goods: Jewish Businessmen in the Midwest, 1890-1930
  2. pp. 93-112
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  1. Chapter 5. Despised Merchandise: American Jewish Liquor Entrepreneurs and Their Critics
  2. pp. 113-140
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  1. Chapter 6. Blacks, Jews, and the Business of Race Music 1945-1955
  2. pp. 141-167
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  1. Chapter 7. Jews American Indian Curios, and the Westward Expansion of Capitalism
  2. pp. 168-186
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  1. Part III. Jews and the Politics of American Capitalism
  2. pp. 187-188
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  1. Chapter 8. The Multicultural Front: A Yiddish Socialist Response to Sweatshop Capitalism
  2. pp. 189-214
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  1. Chapter 9. Making Peace with Capitalism?: Jewish Socialism Enters the Mainstream, 1933-1944
  2. pp. 215-233
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  1. Chapter 10. A Jewish "Third Way" to American Capitalism: Isaac Rivkind and the Conservative-Communitarian Ideal
  2. pp. 234-252
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  1. Part IV. Selling Judaism: Capitalism and Reshaping of Jewish Religious Culture
  2. pp. 253-254
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  1. Chapter 11. Sanctification of the Brand Name: The Marketing of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt
  2. pp. 255-271
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  1. Chapter 12. How Matzah Became Square: Manischewitz and the Development of Machine-Made Matzah in the United States
  2. pp. 272-288
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 289-292
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 293-312
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