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OverviewProvides a corrective to a neglected aspect of Jewish history in the SouthDiane C. Vecchio examines the diverse economic experiences of Jews who settled in what we today call Upstate South Carolina. Like other parts of the so-called New South, Upcountry South Carolina was a center of textile manufacturing and new business opportunities that drew entrepreneurial energy to the region. Previous histories of economic development in the South Carolina Piedmont have tended to overlook the significance of Jewish involvement and instead focused on northern investment and low labor costs. Working with a rich set of oral histories, memoirs, and traditional historical documents, Vecchio provides an important corrective to the history of manufacturing in South Carolina, and that revision is part of a large retelling of southern Jewish history, one that adds social and cultural dimensions to the traditional economic story. Vecchio explores Jewish community development, how Jewish business leaders also became civic leaders and affected social, political, and cultural life in what we now call the mountainous Upcountry. Their impact in all facets of life across the Upstate is important to understanding the growth of today's Spartanburg–Greenville corridor. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Diane C. VecchioPublisher: University of South Carolina Press Imprint: University of South Carolina Press ISBN: 9781643364520ISBN 10: 1643364529 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 31 January 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDiane Catherine Vecchio is author of Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women: Italian Migrants in Urban America. She is also a contributor to Recovering the Piedmont Past, Vols. 1 and 2; Doing Business in America, A Jewish History; Textile Town: An Encyclopedia of Spartanburg County Cotton Mill Culture; and the author of many articles on Italian and Jewish immigrants. Vecchio is professor emerita of history, Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |