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- catalog abstract ""Founded in 1865, the Casa Boker is one of the oldest and most prestigious stores in Mexico City. At its peak, it was known as "the Sears of Mexico," a department store that sold 40,000 different products across the republic, including sewing machines, typewriters, tools, cutlery, and even insurance. Managed by the great-grandsons of its founder, the Casa Boker continues in business in Mexico City." "Through a revolution, the Great Depression, and two world wars, the Casa Boker thrived as a Mexican business while its owners clung to their German identity. Today, the family still speaks German but considers itself Mexican." "Buchenau's study transcends the categories of local vs. foreign and insider vs. outsider by demonstrating that one family could be commercial insiders and, at the same time, cultural outsiders. Because the Bokers saw themselves as entrepreneurs first and Germans second, Buchenau suggests that transnational theory, a framework previously used to illustrate the fluidity of national identity in poor immigrants, is the best way of understanding this and other elite families of foreign origin."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13268441.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Founded in 1865, the Casa Boker is one of the oldest and most prestigious stores in Mexico City. At its peak, it was known as "the Sears of Mexico," a department store that sold 40,000 different products across the republic, including sewing machines, typewriters, tools, cutlery, and even insurance. Managed by the great-grandsons of its founder, the Casa Boker continues in business in Mexico City." "Through a revolution, the Great Depression, and two world wars, the Casa Boker thrived as a Mexican business while its owners clung to their German identity. Today, the family still speaks German but considers itself Mexican." "Buchenau's study transcends the categories of local vs. foreign and insider vs. outsider by demonstrating that one family could be commercial insiders and, at the same time, cultural outsiders. Because the Bokers saw themselves as entrepreneurs first and Germans second, Buchenau suggests that transnational theory, a framework previously used to illustrate the fluidity of national identity in poor immigrants, is the best way of understanding this and other elite families of foreign origin."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A trade conquistador comes to Mexico -- The rise of the Casa Boker -- In the business of imperialism and revolution -- In the eye of the storm -- Between the swastika and the eagle -- At the margins of the "Mexican miracle" -- Cross-cultural Bokers in an urban leviathan.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 267 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Tools of progress.".
- catalog identifier "0826330878 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Tools of progress.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Tools of progress.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico Mexico City".
- catalog subject "381/.45683/09233107253 22".
- catalog subject "Casa Boker (Firm) History.".
- catalog subject "HD9745.M64 C373 2004".
- catalog subject "Hardware industry Mexico Mexico City History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A trade conquistador comes to Mexico -- The rise of the Casa Boker -- In the business of imperialism and revolution -- In the eye of the storm -- Between the swastika and the eagle -- At the margins of the "Mexican miracle" -- Cross-cultural Bokers in an urban leviathan.".
- catalog title "Tools of progress : a German merchant family in Mexico City, 1865-present / Jürgen Buchenau.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".