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Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ascoli, Peter Max, 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
Series:Philanthropic and nonprofit studies.
Subjects:
Rosenwald, Julius, > 1862-1932.
Businesspeople > United States > Biography.
Jewish businesspeople > United States > Biography.
Sears, Roebuck and Company > History.
Philanthropists > United States > Biography.
African Americans > Education > Southern States.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 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.