03050nam 2200625Ia 450 991078467320332120230828223618.00-253-11204-4(CKB)1000000000362328(EBL)283665(OCoLC)476030889(SSID)ssj0000186530(PQKBManifestationID)11164303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186530(PQKBWorkID)10218365(PQKB)11401859(MiAaPQ)EBC283665(OCoLC)86031315(MdBmJHUP)muse16555(Au-PeEL)EBL283665(CaPaEBR)ebr10158076(EXLCZ)99100000000036232820051019d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJulius Rosenwald[electronic resource] the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South /Peter M. AscoliBloomington Indiana University Pressc20061 online resource (472 p.)Philanthropic and nonprofit studies Julius Rosenwald Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34741-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.""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 biographBusinesspeopleUnited StatesBiographyJewish businesspeopleUnited StatesBiographyPhilanthropistsUnited StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansEducationSouthern StatesBusinesspeopleJewish businesspeoplePhilanthropistsAfrican AmericansEducation361.7/4092BAscoli Peter Max1942-1561098MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784673203321Julius Rosenwald3827538UNINA