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Author Rottenberg, Dan M

Title The Outsider : Albert M. Greenfield and the Fall of the Protestant Establishment
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (382 pages)
Contents Preface: The Jews, the WASPs, and the New American Dream; Author's Disclosure; Prologue: Merion Station, December 1930; Part I: Beginnings; 1. The Wealth in Your Head; 2. The New World; Part II: Power; 3. Broker; 4. Developer; 5. Banker; Part III: Downfall; 6. The Great Crash; 7. The Protestant Establishment; 8. The Reckoning; Illustrations; Part IV: Comeback; 9. Merchant Prince; 10. New Deal Democrat; 11. Reluctant Zionist; 12. Godfather; Part V: Legacy; 13. Civic Savior; 14. Lion in Winter; 15. House of Cards; Epilogue: Merion Station, December 1930; Acknowledgments
Principal CharactersNotes; Bibliography; Index
Summary "Albert M. Greenfield (1887-1967), an ambitious immigrant outsider, was courted for his business acumen by mayors, senators, governors, and presidents, including Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. As this feisty Russian Jew built a business empire that encompassed real estate, stores (including Bonwit Teller and Tiffany's), hotels (including the Ben Franklin and the Bellevue-Stratford), banks, newspapers, transportation companies, and even the Loft Candy Corporation, he challenged the entrenched business elite. Greenfield was also instrumental in bringing both major political conventions to Philadelphia in 1948. In The Outsider, veteran journalist and best-selling author Dan Rottenberg deftly chronicles the astonishing rises, falls, and countless reinventions of this savvy businessman. Greenfield's power allowed him to cross social, religious, and ethnic boundaries with impunity. He alarmed Philadelphia's conservative business and social leaders-Christians and Jews alike-some of whom plotted his downfall. In this engaging account of Greenfield's fascinating life, Rottenberg demonstrates the extent to which one uniquely brilliant and energetic man pushed the boundaries of society's limitations on individual potential. The Outsider provides a microcosmic look at three twentieth-century upheavals: the rise of Jews as a crucial American business force, the decline of America's Protestant establishment, and the transformation of American cities"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967.
SUBJECT Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967
Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967 fast
Subject Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Jewish capitalists and financiers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
Capitalists and financiers -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
Capitalists and financiers
Jewish capitalists and financiers
Jews
SUBJECT Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Biography
Subject Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781439908433
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1439908419
9781439908419