Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers
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Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers

How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers

How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina

About this book

2024 George C. Rogers Jr. Award Finalist, best book of South Carolina history

A new perspective on Jewish history in the South

Diane Catherine Vecchio examines the diverse economic experiences of Jews who settled in Upcountry (now called Upstate) South Carolina. Like other parts of the so-called New South, the Upcountry was a center of textile manufacturing and new business opportunities that drew entrepreneurial energy to the region. Working with a rich set of oral histories, memoirs, and traditional historical documents, Vecchio provides an important corrective to the history of manufacturing in South Carolina. She explores Jewish community development and describes how Jewish business leaders also became civic leaders and affected social, political, and cultural life. The Jewish community's impact on all facets of life across the Upcountry is vital to understanding the growth of today's Spartanburg–Greenville corridor.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. PEDDLERS, MERCHANTS, AND MANUFACTURES
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 1 The Lure of South Carolina
  10. CHAPTER 2 Foundations of Jewish Enterprise in the Upcountry
  11. CHAPTER 3 Creating Community
  12. CHAPTER 4 Jewish Business and Industry in the Interwar Years
  13. CHAPTER 5 The Promise of American Life
  14. CHAPTER 6 The Upcountry Goes to War
  15. CHAPTER 7 Jewish Garment Manufacturing
  16. CHAPTER 8 Jewish–Black Relations
  17. CHAPTER 9 The Jewish Role in a New Economy
  18. Epilogue
  19. Glossary
  20. Notes
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index