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Author:

Lerner, Paul Frederick, author.

Title:

The consuming temple : Jews, department stores, and the consumer revolution in Germany, 1880-1940 / Paul Lerner.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xi, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Consumption (Economics)--Germany--History.
Consumer behavior--Germany--History.
Department stores--Germany--History.
Jews--Germany--Social conditions--19th century.
Jews--Germany--Social conditions--20th century.
Consumer behavior.
Consumption (Economics)
Department stores.
Jews--Social conditions.
Germany.
1800 - 1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index.

Contents:

Jerusalem's terrain: the department store and its discontents in imperial Germany -- Dream worlds in motion: circulation, cosmopolitanism, and the Jewish question -- Uncanny encounters: the Thief, the Shop Girl, and the Department Store King -- Beyond the consuming temple: Jewish dissimilation and consumer modernity in provincial Germany -- The consuming fire: fantasies of destruction in German politics and culture.

ISBN:

0801452864
9780801452864

OCLC:

(OCoLC)889577475

LCCN:

2014033254

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)