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Format:

Book

Author:

Forgosh, Linda B., author.

Title:

Louis Bamberger : department store innovator and philanthropist / Linda B. Forgosh.

Publisher, Date:

Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2016]

Description:

xv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Summary:

Louis Bamberger was the epitome of the merchant prince as public benefactor. Born in Baltimore, this son of German immigrans built his business-- the great, glamorous L. Bamberger & Co. department store in Newark, N.J. into the sixth-largest department store in the country.

Series:

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life

Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.

Subjects:

Bamberger, Louis, 1855-1944.

Jews -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.

Jewish businesspeople -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.

Philanthropists -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography.

Department stores -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History.

Newark (N.J.) -- History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "One of New Jersey's most enlightened personalities" -- Baltimore roots, 1855-1887 -- Building an empire, 1892-1911 -- The great white store, 1912-1921 -- One of America's great stores, 1922-1929 -- "A record of his benefactions": Bamberger as a philanthropist -- Bamberger, the face of Newark's Jews -- "Maecenas of all the arts" -- Bamberger, Einstein, and the Institute for Advanced Study, 1930-1944 -- Epilogue: a life well lived.

LCCN:

2016004971

ISBN:

9781611689815 (cloth : alk. paper)

1611689813 (cloth : alk. paper)

9781611689815

Other Number:

945648880

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

616095

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# System items in:

1

Call Number:

BIO Bamberge