LEADER 03070nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910812622303321 005 20240410132944.0 010 $a0-253-11204-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000362328 035 $a(EBL)283665 035 $a(OCoLC)476030889 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000186530 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11164303 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186530 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10218365 035 $a(PQKB)11401859 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC283665 035 $a(OCoLC)86031315 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16555 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL283665 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158076 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000362328 100 $a20051019d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJulius Rosenwald$b[electronic resource] $ethe man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South /$fPeter M. Ascoli 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (472 p.) 225 0 $aPhilanthropic and nonprofit studies Julius Rosenwald 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-34741-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aYouth 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. 330 $a""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 606 $aBusinesspeople$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aJewish businesspeople$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPhilanthropists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xEducation$zSouthern States 615 0$aBusinesspeople 615 0$aJewish businesspeople 615 0$aPhilanthropists 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xEducation 676 $a361.7/4092 676 $aB 700 $aAscoli$b Peter Max$f1942-$01722266 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812622303321 996 $aJulius Rosenwald$94122487 997 $aUNINA