The chosen people in the chosen land: some thoughts on the Jewish encounter with American capitalism / Rebecca Kobrin -- Exceptionalisms: points of departure for studies of capitalism and Jews in the United States / Ira Katznelson -- The evolution of the Jewish garment industry, 1840-1940 /...

Endings and Beginnings -- From Peddling to Prominence-The Early Years -- The William H. Block Company -- H. P. Wasson and Company -- The College Boards -- L. Strauss and Company: "He'll Open His Strauss Gift First" -- Davidson's and Paul Harris: Haute (and Not So Haute) Couture Pioneers -- The...