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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784673203321
• Autore: Ascoli Peter Max <1942->
• 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