Diamond stories : enduring change on 47th Street / Renée Rose Shield

Author:: Shield, Renée Rose
Published:: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Physical Description:: xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Anthropology of contemporary issues

Contents:

Diamonds, Jews, and the world -- Being there -- New York, Diamond Center -- Million dollar handshakes -- With loupe and Internet -- Diamonds, families, and time -- The courtly system of arbitration.

Subject(s):

Diamond industry and trade—New York (State)—New York—History
Jews in the diamond industry—New York (State)—New York—History
Jewish businesspeople—New York (State)—New York—History

ISBN:

0801439892

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Schuylkill copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment Fund; 2002.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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