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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784673203321

Autore

Ascoli Peter Max <1942->

Titolo

Julius Rosenwald [[electronic resource] ] : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South / / Peter M. Ascoli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006

ISBN

0-253-11204-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (472 p.)

Collana

Philanthropic and nonprofit studies Julius Rosenwald

Disciplina

361.7/4092

B

Soggetti

Businesspeople - United States

Jewish businesspeople - United States

Philanthropists - United States

African Americans - Education - Southern States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Youth and first business ventures, 1862-1895 -- Early Sears years, 1895-1908 -- Blacks, politics, and philanthropy, 1908-1912 -- Black schools, political attacks, and the profit sharing plan, 1912-1916 -- World War I, 1916-1918 -- The rescue of Sears and the consolidation of philanthropic endeavors, 1919-1924 -- New philanthropic ventures, 1924-1928 -- The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Hoover, and the Depression, 1928-1930 -- Final year and postmortem, 1931-1949 -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

""This is the first serious biography of the exuberant man who                transformed the Sears, Roebuck company into the country's most important retailer.                He was also one of the early 20th century's notable philanthropists.... The richness                of primary evidence continually delights."" -- Judith Sealander, author of                Private Wealth and Public Life""[No] mere philanthropist [but                a] subtle, stinging critic of our racial democracy."" -- W. E. B. DuBois on                Julius RosenwaldIn this richly revealing biograph