Picture 1 of 16
SOLD
Levi Strauss The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans To The World 2016 Lynn Downey
Condition:
Sold for:
US $14.99
ApproximatelyEUR 13.99
Best offer accepted
Postage:
Located in: Schenectady, New York, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Sat, 22 Jun and Tue, 25 Jun to 43230
Returns:
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 99.2% positive Feedback
Registered as private seller, so consumer rights stemming from EU consumer protection law do not apply. eBay Money Back Guarantee still applies to most purchases.
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:166345553788
Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
- Book Title
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Book Series
- Images of America
- Educational Level
- Adult & Further Education
- Level
- Business
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- America
- Topic
- Family History
- Subject
- United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, General, Jewish
- ISBN
- 9781625342294
- Publication Name
- Levi Strauss : the Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Information
Blue jeans are globally beloved and quintessentially American. They symbolize everything from the Old West to the hippie counter-culture; everyone from car mechanics to high-fashion models wears jeans. And no name is more associated with blue jeans than Levi Strauss & Co., the creator of this classic American garment. As a young man Levi Strauss left his home in Germany and immigrated to America. He made his way to San Francisco and by 1853 had started his company. Soon he was a leading businessman in a growing commercial city that was beginning to influence the rest of the nation. Family-centered and deeply rooted in his Jewish faith, Strauss was the hub of a wheel whose spokes reached into nearly every aspect of American culture: business, philanthropy, politics, immigration, transportation, education, and fashion. But despite creating an American icon, Levi Strauss is a mystery. Little is known about the man, and the widely circulated "facts" about his life are steeped in mythology. In this first full-length biography, Lynn Downey sets the record straight about this brilliant businessman. Strauss's life was the classic American success story, filled with lessons about craft and integrity, leadership and innovation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN-10
1625342292
ISBN-13
9781625342294
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221942954
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Levi Strauss : the Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry, General, Jewish
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2016-031022
Lc Classification Number
Hd9940.U6l4543 2016
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
Downey transcends the narrow limits of biography to create a 'life and times' work that gives the reader a glimpse of what it was like to live in San Francisco during and after the Gold Rush. And she takes pains to separate fact from fiction and myth, letting the reader know the probable and possible by careful evaluation of her sources., From the first chapter on, the prose is accessible, leanly descriptive, and flows at a nice narrative clip. Downy writes as if narrating a novel, and provides historical detail from the point of view of Strauss himself.... Levi Strauss reveals the inspiring story of a man who ultimately transformed modern fashion. It is a quintessential immigrant story with fascinating insights into American history., Former Levi Strauss & Co. historian Downey faced a difficult task in writing this biography: almost all of the company's records were lost in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and few of founder Levi Strauss's personal papers remain, probably due to the same cause (Strauss died in 1902). The author makes good use of newspaper interviews with Strauss and a handful of personal reminiscences about him by others. Mostly, the book, which is as much a history of the company during its founder's lifetime as it is of Strauss himself, relates the businessman/philanthropist's activities. Strauss comes across as an excellent businessman with an affable and modest personality, a bachelor who lived primarily with his extended family. He was socially concerned and active in the Jewish community, and both Jewish and non-Jewish institutions were recipients of his philanthropy. VERDICT While not providing a full or rich portrait of Levi Strauss's personality, this solid business history will appeal to those interested in the history of commerce, California, or American Jewry., There's a lot of history in those jeans you're wearing. As Lynn Downey's wonderfully readable book tells us., This enthralling story tells of the genesis, not only of a landmark item of clothing, but of a dream, an ethos, a world-changing mentality. Levi Strauss is a beautifully penned depiction of a man who, in his amazing journey across cultures and continents, is truly the quintessential American., A joy to read. While the book goes well beyond blue jeans, it is a must for any true denim enthusiast. Downey weaves a fascinating tale that dispels many of the shockingly prevalent myths about jeans. It is a pivotal new resource for the history of blue jeans., Lynn Downey's Levi Strauss: The Man Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World provides a grounded and thoroughly researched biography of the famed nineteenth-century San Francisco businessman and German-Jewish immigrant., Downey offers us a compelling story of migration, family solidarity, Jewish enterprise networks and the emergence of a marketing empire that spans two centuries, from the nineteenth through the twenty-first. This is a story of California, the nation, and indeed the world, stitched together on a pair of blue jeans. A drama that stretches across the Atlantic and the North American continent, Levi Strauss combines the histories of the Jewish people, Bavaria, California, and the United States and should be read by those interested in how the right combination of place and time, of luck and skill combined to change the world., Levi Strauss is an important business figure in American history. Ms. Downey's account of his life features deep research that creates vivid details. She brings to light his philanthropy and role in building San Francisco and California while selling the world on the product named for him, 'Levi's.', Downey, an indefatigable researcher and excellent writer, has swept away the considerable detritus of myth and constructed the Strauss biography and the growth of his company based on what she could prove. In the process, she has laid out a story of a culturally and sociologically important hand that continues to excite the imagination of those who are interested in Western history, are fascinated by the story of a man who thought 'outside the box,' or who just wear blue jeans., Downey offers us a compelling story of migration, family solidarity, Jewish enterprise networks and the emergence of a marketing empire that spans two centuries, from the nineteenth through the twenty-first. This is a story of California, the nation, and indeed the world, stitched together on a pair of blue jeans. A drama that stretches across the Atlantic and the North American continent, Levi Strauss combines the histories of the Jewish people, Bavaria, California, and the United States and should be read by those interested in how the right combination of place and time, of luck and skill combined to change the world.
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
338.7687116092
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:166345553788
Postage and packaging
Item location:
Schenectady, New York, United States
Posts to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of Croatia, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Wallis and Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Worldwide, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Excludes:
Barbados, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Libya, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Venezuela
| Postage and packaging | To | Service | Delivery*See Delivery notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| US $8.00 (approx EUR 7.47) | United States | Economy Shipping | Estimated between Sat, 22 Jun and Tue, 25 Jun to 43230 |
| Dispatch time |
|---|
| Will usually dispatch within 3 working days of receiving cleared payment. |
| Taxes |
|---|
| Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Sales tax for an item #166345553788
Sales tax for an item #166345553788
Seller collects sales tax/VAT for items dispatched to the following states:
| County | VAT rate |
|---|
Returns policy
| Return policy details |
|---|
| The seller won't accept returns for this item. |
Payment details
Payment methods
Popular categories from this shop
Registered as a private seller
Thereby, consumer rights stemming from EU consumer protection law do not apply. eBay buyer protection still applies to most purchases.
Seller Feedback (232)
2***a (7)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
The item shipped quickly and arrived in perfect condition.
0***e (64)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Perfect
1***a (66238)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past month
Verified purchase
Very nice eBayer with fast transaction and nice items.