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Author Lerner, Paul Frederick, author

Title The consuming temple : Jews, department stores, and the consumer revolution in Germany, 1880-1940 / Paul Lerner
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)
Contents Jerusalem's terrain: the department store and its discontents in imperial Germany -- Dream worlds in motion: circulation, cosmopolitanism, and the Jewish question -- Uncanny encounters: the Thief, the Shop Girl, and the Department Store King -- Beyond the consuming temple: Jewish dissimilation and consumer modernity in provincial Germany -- The consuming fire: fantasies of destruction in German politics and culture
Summary Department stores in Germany, like their predecessors in France, Britain, and the United States, generated great excitement when they appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. Their sumptuous displays, abundant products, architectural innovations, and prodigious scale inspired widespread fascination and even awe; at the same time, however, many Germans also greeted the rise of the department store with considerable unease. This book explores the complex German reaction to department stores and the widespread belief that they posed hidden dangers both to the individuals, especially women, who frequented them and to the nation as a whole
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-256) and index
Notes In English
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Subject Consumption (Economics) -- Germany -- History
Consumer behavior -- Germany -- History
Department stores -- Germany -- History
Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Jews -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Corporate & Business History.
Consumer behavior
Consumption (Economics)
Department stores
Jews -- Social conditions
Germany
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023700275
ISBN 9781501700118
1501700111
9781501700125
150170012X