Introduction -- The making of an American Jewish leader : Untermyer's education and career as a Wall Street lawyer, 1858-1940 -- Mr. Untermyer goes to Washington : the Wall Street poacher turned Bryanite gamekeeper, 1897-14 -- Untermyer's quest for national public recognition, 1914-40 -- Untermyer as a Zionist leader in the 1920s : to be or not to be? -- Untermyer's finest hour : the boycott of Nazi Germany in the 1930s -- Conclusion -- Epilogue.
The Hawaiian pineapple industry emerged in the late nineteenth century as part of an attempt to diversify the Hawaiian economy from dependence on sugar cane as its only staple industry. Here, economic historian Richard A. Hawkins presents a definitive history of an industry from its modest beginnings to its emergence as a major contributor to the American industrial narrative. He traces the rise and fall of the corporate giants who dominated the global canning world for much of the twentieth century. Drawing from a host of familiar economic models and an unparalleled body of research, Hawkins
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