Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers

Peddlers, Merchants, and Manufacturers

How Jewish Entrepreneurs Built Economy and Community in Upcountry South Carolina

  • Author: Vecchio, Diane Catherine
  • Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
  • ISBN: 9781643364520
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781643364537
  • Place of publication:  South Carolina , United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2024
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 282
  • Language: English

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 Working with a rich set of oral histories, memoirs, and traditional historical documents, Vecchio provides an important corrective to the history of manufacturing in South Carolina.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.

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

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