E-book
Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South
Record details
- ISBN: 9780253347411
- ISBN: 0253347416
- ISBN: 0253112044
- ISBN: 9780253112040
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 453 pages) : illustrations, portraits
remote - Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from PDF title page (viewed June 30, 2010). |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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