ISBN: 9780253347411

"This is the first serious biography of the exuberant man who transformed the Sears, Roebuck company into the country's most important retailer. He was also one of the early 20th century'… Mehr…

"This is the first serious biography of the exuberant man who transformed the Sears, Roebuck company into the country's most important retailer. He was also one of the early 20th century's notable philanthropists.... The richness of primary evidence continually delights." -- Judith Sealander, author of Private Wealth and Public Life" No] mere philanthropist but a] subtle, stinging critic of our racial democracy." -- W. E. B. DuBois on Julius RosenwaldIn this richly revealing biography of a major, but little-known, American businessman and philanthropist, Peter Ascoli brings to life a portrait of Julius Rosenwald, the man and his work. The son of first-generation German Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald, known to his friends as "JR," apprenticed for his uncles, who were major clothing manufacturers in New York City. It would be as a men's clothing salesperson that JR would make his fateful encounter with Sears, Roebuck and Company, which he eventually fashioned into the greatest mail order firm in the world. He also founded Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. And in the American South Rosenwald helped support the building of the more than 5,300 schools that bore his name. Yet the charitable fund he created during World War I went out of existence in 1948 at his expressed wish. Ascoli provides a fascinating account of Rosenwald's meteoric rise in American business, but he also portrays a man devoted to family and with a desire to help his community that led to a lifelong devotion to philanthropy. He tells about Rosenwald's important philanthropic activities, especially those connected with the Rosenwald schools and Booker T. Washington, and later through the Rosenwald Fund.Ascoli's account of Rosenwald is an inspiring story of hard work and success, and of giving back to the nation in which he prospered. Media > Book, [PU: Indiana University Press]<

2006, ISBN: 9780253347411

Indiana University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Frühdruck, 472 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.86 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4582941, Soziologie, Sozialwisse… Mehr…

Indiana University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: Frühdruck, 472 Seiten, Publiziert: 2006-05-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.86 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4582941, Soziologie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, Profis & Akademiker, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Business, Handel, Branchen & Berufe, Business & Karriere, Geschichte der Pädagogik, Pädagogik, Fachbücher, Sozialarbeit, Gesellschaft, Politik & Geschichte, Sozialhilfe, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Format: E-BOOK: Adobe Reader, Indiana University Press, 2006<

2006, ISBN: 0253347416

[EAN: 9780253347411], [SC: 56.68], [PU: Indiana University Press], BIOGRAPHY: BUSINESS~BLACK & ASIAN STUDI~CHARITIES~VOLUNTARY SERVICES ~TEACHING RESOURCES ~BUSINESS MANAGEME~RETAIL SECTO… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780253347411], [SC: 56.68], [PU: Indiana University Press], BIOGRAPHY: BUSINESS~BLACK & ASIAN STUDI~CHARITIES~VOLUNTARY SERVICES ~TEACHING RESOURCES ~BUSINESS MANAGEME~RETAIL SECTOR~, Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Biography: Business & Industry: Very Good Hardcover with Dust jacket, later printing, light smudge marks on fore edge, Clean pages, Prompt Shipping with tracking., Books<