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Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South / Peter M. Ascoli.
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View onlineLippincott Library HC102.5.R58 A83 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ascoli, Peter Max, 1942-
- Series:
- Philanthropic and nonprofit studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rosenwald, Julius, 1862-1932.
- Rosenwald, Julius.
- Sears, Roebuck and Company.
- Businesspeople--United States--Biography.
- Businesspeople.
- History.
- Jewish businesspeople.
- United States.
- Jewish businesspeople--United States--Biography.
- Sears, Roebuck and Company--History.
- Philanthropists--United States--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- African Americans--Education--Southern States.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Education.
- Southern States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 453 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [441]-444) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253347416
- OCLC:
- 62133737
- Publisher Number:
- 9780253347411
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