The rag race: how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire
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Winner, 2015 Book Prize from the Southern Jewish Historical Society Finalist, 2015 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies Winner, 2014 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies from the Jewish Book Council The majority of Jewish immigrants who made their way to the United States between 1820 and 1924 arrived nearly penniless; yet today their descendants stand out as exceptionally successful. How can we explain their dramatic economic ascent? Have Jews been successful because of cultural factors distinct to them as a group, or because of the particular circumstances that they encountered in America? The Rag Race argues that the Jews who flocked to the United States during the age of mass migration were aided appreciably by their association with a particular corner of the American economy: the rag trade. From humble beginnings, Jews rode the coattails of the clothing trade from the margins of economic life to a position of unusual promise and prominence, shaping both their societal status and the clothing industry as a whole. Comparing the history of Jewish participation within the clothing trade in the United States with that of Jews in the same business in England, The Rag Race demonstrates that differences within the garment industry on either side of the Atlantic contributed to a very real divergence in social and economic outcomes for Jews in each setting.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
Clothing trade
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Economic conditions
Electronic books
England
General
History
Jews
Jews -- Economic conditions
Jews -- England -- Economic conditions -- History
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- History
Labor
Labor & Industrial Relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
RELIGION
RELIGION -- General
Success in business
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
Clothing trade
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Economic conditions
Electronic books
England
General
History
Jews
Jews -- Economic conditions
Jews -- England -- Economic conditions -- History
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- History
Labor
Labor & Industrial Relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
RELIGION
RELIGION -- General
Success in business
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States
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Winner, 2015 Book Prize from the Southern Jewish Historical Society Finalist, 2015 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award from the Association for Jewish Studies Winner, 2014 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies from the Jewish Book Council The majority of Jewish immigrants who made their way to the United States between 1820 and 1924 arrived nearly penniless; yet today their descendants stand out as exceptionally successful. How can we explain their dramatic economic ascent? Have Jews been successful because of cultural factors distinct to them as a group, or because of the particular circumstances that they encountered in America? The Rag Race argues that the Jews who flocked to the United States during the age of mass migration were aided appreciably by their association with a particular corner of the American economy: the rag trade. From humble beginnings, Jews rode the coattails of the clothing trade from the margins of economic life to a position of unusual promise and prominence, shaping both their societal status and the clothing industry as a whole. Comparing the history of Jewish participation within the clothing trade in the United States with that of Jews in the same business in England, The Rag Race demonstrates that differences within the garment industry on either side of the Atlantic contributed to a very real divergence in social and economic outcomes for Jews in each setting.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
Clothing trade
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Electronic books
England
History
Jews -- Economic conditions
Jews -- England -- Economic conditions -- History
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
RELIGION -- General
Success in business
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States
Clothing trade
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Clothing trade -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Electronic books
England
History
Jews -- Economic conditions
Jews -- England -- Economic conditions -- History
Jews -- United States -- Economic conditions -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
RELIGION -- General
Success in business
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Success in business -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States
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The rag race : how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire
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The rag race
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Clothing trade
Economic conditions
General
History
Jews
Labor
Labor & Industrial Relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE
RELIGION
Success in business
Clothing trade
Economic conditions
General
History
Jews
Labor
Labor & Industrial Relations
POLITICAL SCIENCE
RELIGION
Success in business
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