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Subject(s)

• Bamberger, Louis 1855-1944 [Browse]
• Jews—New Jersey—Newark—Biography [Browse]
• Jewish businesspeople—New Jersey—Newark—Biography [Browse]
• Philanthropists—New Jersey—Newark—Biography [Browse]
• Department stores—New Jersey—Newark—History [Browse]
• Newark (N.J.)—History [Browse]

Series

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-248) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: "One of New Jersey's most enlightened personalities"
• Baltimore roots, 1855-1887
• Building an empire, 1892-1911
• The great white store, 1912-1921
• One of America's great stores, 1922-1929
• "A record of his benefactions": Bamberger as a philanthropist
• Bamberger, the face of Newark's Jews
• "Maecenas of all the arts"
• Bamberger, Einstein, and the Institute for Advanced Study, 1930-1944
• Epilogue: a life well lived.

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ISBN

• 9781611689815 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
• 1611689813 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))

LCCN

2016004971

OCLC

945648880

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