LEADER 06231nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910816249803321 005 20230802002334.0 010 $a1-283-63459-7 010 $a0-8135-5329-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813553290 035 $a(CKB)3240000000065423 035 $a(EBL)1035389 035 $a(OCoLC)818815365 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000747506 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11419798 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000747506 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10705313 035 $a(PQKB)10608208 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1035389 035 $a(OCoLC)816050019 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17496 035 $a(DE-B1597)526238 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813553290 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1035389 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10608346 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL394704 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000065423 100 $a20110926d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aChosen capital$b[electronic resource] $ethe Jewish encounter with American capitalism /$fedited by Rebecca Kobrin 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (324 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-5308-3 311 0 $a0-8135-5307-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Orthography and Transliteration --$tPart I. Reframing the Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism --$tIntroduction. The Chosen People in the Chosen Land: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism /$rKobrin, Rebecca --$t1. Two Exceptionalisms: Points of Departure for Studies of Capitalism and Jews in the United States /$rKatznelson, Ira --$tPart II. Jewish Niches in the American Economy --$t2. The Evolution of the Jewish Garment Industry, 1840-1940 /$rDillon, Phyllis / Godley, Andrew --$t3. From the Rag Trade to Riches: Abraham E. Lefcourt and the Development of New York's Garment District /$rDolkart, Andrew S. --$t4. Success from Scrap and Secondhand Goods: Jewish Businessmen in the Midwest, 1890-1930 /$rPollack, Jonathan Z. S. --$t5. Despised Merchandise: American Jewish Liquor Entrepreneurs and Their Critics /$rDavis, Marni --$t6. Blacks, Jews, and the Business of Race Music, 1945-1955 /$rKarp, Jonathan --$t7. Jews, American Indian Curios, and the Westward Expansion of Capitalism /$rKoffman, David S. --$tPart III. Jews and the Politics of American Capitalism --$t8. The Multicultural Front: A Yiddish Socialist Response to Sweatshop Capitalism /$rKatz, Daniel --$t9. Making Peace with Capitalism? Jewish Socialism Enters the Mainstream, 1933-1944 /$rSoyer, Daniel --$t10. A Jewish "Third Way" to American Capitalism: Isaac Rivkind and the Conservative-Communitarian Ideal /$rLederhendler, Eli --$tPart IV. Selling Judaism: Capitalism and Reshaping of Jewish Religious Culture --$t11. Sanctification of the Brand Name: The Marketing of Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt /$rShandler, Jeffrey --$t12. How Matzah Became Square: Manischewitz and the Development of Machine-Made Matzah in the United States /$rSarna, Jonathan D. --$tContributors --$tIndex 330 $aAt which moments and in which ways did Jews play a central role in the development of American capitalism? Many popular writers address the intersection of Jews and capitalism, but few scholars, perhaps fearing this question's anti-Semitic overtones, have pondered it openly. Chosen Capital represents the first historical collection devoted to this question in its analysis of the ways in which Jews in North America shaped and were shaped by America's particular system of capitalism. Jews fundamentally molded aspects of the economy during the century when American capital was being redefined by industrialization, war, migration, and the emergence of the United States as a superpower. Surveying such diverse topics as Jews' participation in the real estate industry, the liquor industry, and the scrap metal industry, as well as Jewish political groups and unions bent on reforming American capital, such as the American Labor Party and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, contributors to this volume provide a new prism through which to view the Jewish encounter with America. The volume also lays bare how American capitalism reshaped Judaism itself by encouraging the mass manufacturing and distribution of foods like matzah and the transformation of synagogue cantors into recording stars. These essays force us to rethink not only the role Jews played in American economic development but also how capitalism has shaped Jewish life and Judaism over the course of the twentieth century. Contributors: Marni Davis, Georgia State University Phyllis Dillon, independent documentary producer, textile conservator, museum curator Andrew Dolkart, Columbia University Andrew Godley, Henley Business School, University of Reading Jonathan Karp, executive director, American Jewish Historical Society Daniel Katz, Empire State College, State University of New York Ira Katznelson, Columbia University David S. Koffman, New York University Eli Lederhendler, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Jonathan Z. S. Pollack, University of Wisconsin-Madison Jonathan D. 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