Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments x
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Jerusalem’s Terrain: The Department Store and Its Discontents in Imperial Germany 21
6. 2. Dreamworlds in Motion: Circulation, Cosmopolitanism, and the Jewish Question 56
7. 3. Uncanny Encounters: The Thief, the Shopgirl, and the Department Store King 94
8. 4. Beyond the Consuming Temple: Jewish Dissimilation and Consumer Modernity in Provincial Germany 139
9. 5. The Consuming Fire: Fantasies of Destruction in German Politics and Culture 179
10. Conclusion 212
11. Notes 217
12. Selected Bibliography 247
13. Index 257