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.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meat industry and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Meat industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 276 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2020]

Summary:

2020-21 Reader Views Literary Award, Gold Medal Winner 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award, Gold Medal Winner 2020 National Jewish Book Award, Finalist 2020 American Book Fest Best Book Awards Finalist in the U.S.

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:

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ISBN:

1-64012-412-8

OCLC:

1200493598