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Author:

Mendelsohn, Adam, 1979-

Title:

The rag race : how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire / Adam D. Mendelsohn.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 297 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Clothing trade--United States--History--19th century.
Clothing trade--United States--History--20th century.
Jews--United States--History.--History.
Jews--England--History.--History.
Success in business--United States--History--19th century.
Success in business--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-286) and index.

Contents:

1. Goblin market: London, 1843 -- 2. New York city: a rag-fair sort of place -- 3. Rumpled foot soldiers of the market revolution -- 4. Clothing Moses -- 5. The Empire's new clothes -- 6. A new dawn in the West -- 7. Clothing the blue and gray -- 8. A ready-made paradise.

Series:

The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history

ISBN:

1479847186
9781479847181

OCLC:

(OCoLC)876883309

LCCN:

2014018129

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)