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The rag race : how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire / Adam D. Mendelsohn.

Author: Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979-

ImprintNew York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]

Descriptionvii, 297 pages ; 24 cm.

Note:1. Goblin market: London, 1843 -- 2. New York city: a rag-fair sort of place -- 3. Rumpled foot soldiers of the market revolution -- 4. Clothing Moses -- 5. The Empire's new clothes -- 6. A new dawn in the West -- 7. Clothing the blue and gray -- 8. A ready-made paradise.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-286) and index.



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Author:
Mendelsohn, Adam D., 1979-
Series Statement
The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history
Subject:
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- History.
Jews -- England -- Economic conditions -- History.
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 20th century.