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

Mendelsohn, Adam, 1979-

The rag race : how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire / Adam D. Mendelsohn. - New York : New York University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource. - The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781479860258


Clothing trade--History--United States--19th century.
Clothing trade--History--United States--20th century.
Jews--Economic conditions--History.--United States
Jews--Economic conditions--History.--England
Success in business--History--United States--19th century.
Success in business--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

HD9940 / .R347 2014