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Wanamaker S Temple
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Author : Nicole C. Kirk
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2023-11-07
Wanamaker S Temple written by Nicole C. Kirk and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-07 with History categories.
How a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience On Christmas Eve, 1911, John Wanamaker stood in the middle of his elaborately decorated department store building in Philadelphia as shoppers milled around him picking up last minute Christmas presents. On that night, as for years to come, the store was filled with the sound of Christmas carols sung by thousands of shoppers, accompanied by the store’s Great Organ. Wanamaker recalled that moment in his diary, “I said to myself that I was in a temple,” a sentiment quite possibly shared by the thousands who thronged the store that night. Remembered for his store’s extravagant holiday decorations and displays, Wanamaker built one of the largest retailing businesses in the world and helped to define the American retail shopping experience. From the freedom to browse without purchase and the institution of one price for all customers to generous return policies, he helped to implement retailing conventions that continue to define American retail to this day. Wanamaker was also a leading Christian leader, participating in the major Protestant moral reform movements from his youth until his death in 1922. But most notably, he found ways to bring his religious commitments into the life of his store. He focused on the religious and moral development of his employees, developing training programs and summer camps to build their character, while among his clientele he sought to cultivate a Christian morality through decorum and taste. Wanamaker’s Temple examines how and why Wanamaker blended business and religion in his Philadelphia store, offering a historical exploration of the relationships between religion, commerce, and urban life in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and illuminating how they merged in unexpected and public ways. Wanamaker's marriage of religion and retail had a pivotal role in the way American Protestantism was expressed and shaped in American life, and opened a new door for the intertwining of personal values with public commerce.
Democratizing Luxury
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Author : Annika A. Culver
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2023-12-31
Democratizing Luxury written by Annika A. Culver and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-31 with History categories.
Democratizing Luxury explores the interplay between advertising and consumption in modern Japan by investigating how Japanese companies at key historical moments assigned value, or "luxury," to mass-produced products as an important business model. Japanese name-brand luxury evolved alongside a consumer society emerging in the late nineteenth century, with iconic companies whose names became associated with quality and style. At the same time, Western ideas of modernity merged with earlier artisanal ideals to create Japanese connotations of luxury for readily accessible products. Businesses manufactured items at all price points to increase consumer attainability, while starkly curtailing production for limited editions to augment desirability. Between the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, control over family disposable income transformed Japanese middle-class women into an important market. Growth of purchasing power among women corresponded with Japanese goods diffusing throughout the empire, and globally after the Asia-Pacific war (1931–1945). This book offers case studies that examine affordable luxury consumer items often advertised to women, including drinks, beauty products, fashion, and timepieces. Japanese companies have capitalized on affordable luxury since a flourishing domestic mercantile economy began in the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), showcasing brand-name shops, renowned artisans, and mass-produced woodblock prints by famous artists. In the late nineteenth century, personalized service expanded within department stores like Mitsukoshi, Shiseidō cosmetic counters, and designer boutiques. Shiseidō now globally markets invented traditions of omotenashi, Japanese ”values” of hospitality expressed in purchasing and consuming its products. In postwar times, when a thriving democracy and middle-class were tied to greater disposable income and consumerism, companies rebuilt a growing consumer base among cautious shoppers: democratizing luxury at reasonable prices and maintaining business patterns of accessibility, high quality, and exemplary service. Nationalism amid economic success soon blended with myths of unique Japanese identity in a mass consumer society, suffused by commodity fetishism with widely available brand names. As the first comprehensive history of iconic Japanese name brands and their unique connotations of luxury and accessibility in modern Japan and elsewhere, Democratizing Luxury explores company histories and reveals strategies that lead customers to consume these alluring commodities.
Newsletter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Newsletter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Newsletter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Newsletter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
News Letter
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Author : United States. Dept. of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
News Letter written by United States. Dept. of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
Department Of State News Letter
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Author : United States. Department of State
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Department Of State News Letter written by United States. Department of State and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Diplomatic and consular service, American categories.
The Marketing Era
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Author : Kalman Applbaum
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06
The Marketing Era written by Kalman Applbaum and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Business & Economics categories.
This book is the first of its kind to map out the organizing principles and cultural logic of marketing, and trace the profession's ascent genealogically.
Nivac Bundle 7 Pauline Epistles
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Author : Douglas J. Moo
language : en
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Nivac Bundle 7 Pauline Epistles written by Douglas J. Moo and has been published by Zondervan Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Religion categories.
The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context. To bring the ancient messages of the Bible into today's world, each passage is treated in three sections: Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context. Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible. Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved. This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.
Church And Estate
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Author : Thomas F. Rzeznik
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-01-14
Church And Estate written by Thomas F. Rzeznik and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with Religion categories.
In Church and Estate, Thomas Rzeznik examines the lives and religious commitments of the Philadelphia elite during the period of industrial prosperity that extended from the late nineteenth century through the 1920s. The book demonstrates how their religious beliefs informed their actions and shaped their class identity, while simultaneously revealing the ways in which financial influences shaped the character of American religious life. In tracing those connections, it shows how religion and wealth shared a fruitful, yet ultimately tenuous, relationship.
The Eschatological Role Of The Jerusalem Temple An Examination Of The Jewish Writings Dating From 586 Bce To 70 Ce
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Author : Eric W. Baker
language : en
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
Release Date : 2015-06
The Eschatological Role Of The Jerusalem Temple An Examination Of The Jewish Writings Dating From 586 Bce To 70 Ce written by Eric W. Baker and has been published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06 with History categories.
This research aims to investigate the role or roles of the physical Jerusalem temple within the second temple Jewish writings in terms of whether the physical temple has any role to play in relation to the pivot point in eschatology. The pivot point or fulcrum in time refers to the end of the exile and perhaps the beginning of the eschaton. The exile may be theological, but many second temple Jewish texts address the physical gathering of the children of Israel to the land of Israel (i.e., from physical exile, even if the text also addresses a theological exile), thus, making the return a complete ingathering of the children of Israel. The passages of these ancient texts have been analysed before, but never with this lens. Looking to see if there is any role the Jerusalem Temple performs in expected eschatological events will at least allow an answer to be given, which is better than never asking the question in the first place, which has been the case until now. This study produces results as the Jerusalem Temple has always been a place of great expectations.