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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (281 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501700125
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Consuming TempleDDC classification:
  • 339.4/7094309034
LOC classification:
  • HC285
Online resources:
Contents:
The Consuming Temple Cover -- 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.
Summary: Paul Lerner explores German anxieties about the department store and the widespread belief that they posed hidden dangers both to the individuals and to the nation as a whole.
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The Consuming Temple Cover -- 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.

Paul Lerner explores German anxieties about the department store and the widespread belief that they posed hidden dangers both to the individuals and to the nation as a whole.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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