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.