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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lerner, Paul Frederick (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jews > Social conditions.
Department stores.
Consumption (Economics)
Consumer behavior.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Juifs > Allemagne > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
Juifs > Allemagne > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Grands magasins > Allemagne > Histoire.
Jews > Germany > Social conditions > 20th century.
Jews > Germany > Social conditions > 19th century.
Department stores > Germany > History.
Consumer behavior > Germany > History.
Consumption (Economics) > Germany > History.
Germany.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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