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Author Forgosh, Linda B., author.

Title Louis Bamberger : department store innovator and philanthropist / Linda B. Forgosh
Published Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 258 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates)
Series Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 14, 2016)
Subject Bamberger, Louis, 1855-1944.
SUBJECT Bamberger, Louis, 1855-1944 fast
Subject Jews -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography
Jewish businesspeople -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography
Philanthropists -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography
Department stores -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Department stores
Jewish businesspeople
Jews
Philanthropists
SUBJECT Newark (N.J.) -- History
Subject New Jersey -- Newark
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016017453
ISBN 9781611689822
1611689821