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The great kosher meat war of 1902 : immigrant housewives and the riots that shook New York City / Scott D. Seligman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seligman, Scott D., author.
- Series:
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Meat industry and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Meat industry and trade.
- Kosher food industry--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Kosher food industry.
- Boycotts--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Boycotts.
- Jewish women--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Jewish women.
- Women immigrants--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Women immigrants.
- Consumer movements--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
- Consumer movements.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Lincoln] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Dramatis Personae
- A Note on Language
- Prologue
- 1. A City within a City
- 2. Greater Power Than Ten Standard Oil Companies
- 3. The Conscience of an Orthodox Jew Is Absolute
- 4. Each One Is an Authority unto Himself
- 5. A Despotic Meat Trust
- 6. As Scarce around Essex Street as Ham Sandwiches
- 7. Let the Women Make a Strike, Then There Will Be a Strike!
- 8. If We Cry at Home, Nobody Will See Us
- 9. They Never Saw Such Assemblages in Russia or Poland
- 10. Hebrews with Shaved Beards
- 11. And He Shall Rule over Thee
- 12. No Industry in the Country Is More Free from Single Control
- 13. Essentially It Is a Fight among Ourselves
- 14. Vein Him as He Veins His Meat
- 15. Patience Will Win the Battle
- 16. Disregard All Verbal or Written Agreements
- 17. This Cooperative Shop Is Here to Stay
- 18. There Was Never Such an Outrage on Our Race
- 19. We Don't Feel Like Paying Fifth Avenue Prices
- 20. It Is Not Our Fault That Meat Is So High
- 21. A Great Victory for the American People
- Afterword
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781640124127
- 1640124128
- Publisher Number:
- 40030205245
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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