The Consuming Temple : : Jews, Department Stores, and the Consumer Revolution in Germany, 1880–1940 /

The Consuming Temple : : Jews, Department Stores, and the Consumer Revolution in Germany, 1880–1940 / / Paul Lerner.

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 fascin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Lerner, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 46 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Jerusalem’s Terrain: The Department Store and Its Discontents in Imperial Germany
  • 2. Dreamworlds in Motion: Circulation, Cosmopolitanism, and the Jewish Question
  • 3. Uncanny Encounters: The Thief, the Shopgirl, and the Department Store King
  • 4. Beyond the Consuming Temple: Jewish Dissimilation and Consumer Modernity in Provincial Germany
  • 5. The Consuming Fire: Fantasies of Destruction in German Politics and Culture
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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