Youth and first business ventures, 1862-1895
Early Sears years, 1895-1908
Blacks, politics, and philanthropy, 1908-1912
Black schools, political attacks, and the profit sharing plan, 1912-1916
World War I, 1916-1918
The rescue of Sears and the consolidation of philanthropic endeavors, 1919-1924
New philanthropic ventures, 1924-1928
The Julius Rosenwald Fund, Hoover, and the Depression, 1928-1930
Final year and postmortem, 1931-1949
Conclusion.
Julius Rosenwald : the man who built Sears, Roebuck and advanced the cause of Black education in the American South by Peter Max Ascoli. ISBN 9780253347411. Published by Indiana University Press in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.