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The patron : a life of Salman Schocken, 1877-1959 / Anthony David.
- Title
- The patron : a life of Salman Schocken, 1877-1959 / Anthony David.
- Author
- David, Anthony, 1962-
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HC282.5.S39 D38 2003 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 451 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "A sweeping, colorful saga, The Patron is the first biography of Salman Schocken, the founder of a large department store chain and a Jewish philanthropic titan. We follow Schocken's transformation from an impoverished migrant selling textiles door-to-door to a captain of German industry, at once media magnate, collector, talent scout, and patron. The merchandising millionaire then harnessed his fortune to a vision: to produce and disseminate Jewish secular culture to the Jewish masses, in much the same way as he marketed well-designed coffeepots to the working class. With his success, the breadth of Schocken's many ventures grew to include an extensive library, educational institutes, a publishing house, and a newspaper, as well as the patronage of such influential modern thinkers as Martin Buber and Thomas Mann. But as the Nazi regime closed in on Schocken's empire, the ever-resilient tycoon transferred his energies and passions to Palestine and New York." "The Patron fills in a missing piece of twentieth-century history, the towering life of a self-made man who, with courage and tenacity, helped fashion a people's national and cultural renaissance."--BOOK JACKET.
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- ISBN
- 0805066306
- LCCN
- 2003043619
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries