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Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South (review)

Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in... Book Reviews Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South, by Peter M. Ascoli. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. 453 pp. $35.00. Peter M. Ascoli's wonderful new book about the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald succeeds on many levels. On the one hand Ascoli explores and explains Rosenwald, arguably the most overlooked businessman and philanthropist in modern American history, within the context of his times, his family, and his faith. The narrative is lively, even chatty, but Ascoli never loses his objectivity (a remarkable feat, given that he is a grandson of his subject) or fails to place Rosenwald's deeds within the extended narrative arc of U.S. history. This is a biography that explains the Progressive Era as much as one man who helped define it. On the other hand, Ascoli is also persuasive when explaining Rosenwald's motivations, his hopes, fears, and intentions. More than just a businessman who chose to share his wealth, Rosenwald was an ethical pragmatist, a champion of the ascendant modern middle-class ethos, and the product of a "quintessential Jewish immigrant" family in America. Ascoli, quite logically, focuses the text on explaining http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Purdue University Press

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Book Reviews Julius Rosenwald: The Man Who Built Sears, Roebuck and Advanced the Cause of Black Education in the American South, by Peter M. Ascoli. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006. 453 pp. $35.00. Peter M. Ascoli's wonderful new book about the life and legacy of Julius Rosenwald succeeds on many levels. On the one hand Ascoli explores and explains Rosenwald, arguably the most overlooked businessman and philanthropist in modern American history, within the context of his times, his family, and his faith. The narrative is lively, even chatty, but Ascoli never loses his objectivity (a remarkable feat, given that he is a grandson of his subject) or fails to place Rosenwald's deeds within the extended narrative arc of U.S. history. This is a biography that explains the Progressive Era as much as one man who helped define it. On the other hand, Ascoli is also persuasive when explaining Rosenwald's motivations, his hopes, fears, and intentions. More than just a businessman who chose to share his wealth, Rosenwald was an ethical pragmatist, a champion of the ascendant modern middle-class ethos, and the product of a "quintessential Jewish immigrant" family in America. Ascoli, quite logically, focuses the text on explaining

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Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies – Purdue University Press

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