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

Author
Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]
Description
vii, 297 pages ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
  • Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history [More in this series]
  • The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history
Bibliographic references
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.
ISBN
  • 9781479847181 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 1479847186 (cl : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014018129
OCLC
876883309
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