Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chronology
Dramatis Personae
Prologue
A Note on Language
1. A City within a City
2. Greater Power Than Ten Standard Oil Companies
3. The Conscience of an Orthodox Jew Is Absolute
4. Each One Is an Authority unto Himself
5. A Despotic Meat Trust
6. As Scarce around Essex Street as Ham Sandwiches
7. Let the Women Make a Strike, Then There Will Be a Strike!
8. If We Cry at Home, Nobody Will See Us
9. They Never Saw Such Assemblages in Russia or Poland
10. Hebrews with Shaved Beards
11. And He Shall Rule over Thee
12. No Industry in the Country Is More Free from Single Control
13. Essentially It Is a Fight among Ourselves
14. Vein Him as He Veins His Meat
15. Patience Will Win the Battle
16. Disregard All Verbal or Written Agreements
17. This Cooperative Shop Is Here to Stay
18. There Was Never Such an Outrage on Our Race
19. We Don’t Feel Like Paying Fifth Avenue Prices
20. It Is Not Our Fault That Meat Is So High
21. A Great Victory for the American People
Afterword
Notes
Further Reading
Index