Introduction: "One of New Jersey's most enlightened personalities"
Baltimore roots, 1855-1887
Building an empire, 1892-1911
The great white store, 1912-1921
One of America's great stores, 1922-1929
"A record of his benefactions": Bamberger as a philanthropist
Bamberger, the face of Newark's Jews
"Maecenas of all the arts"
Bamberger, Einstein, and the Institute for Advanced Study, 1930-1944
Epilogue: a life well lived.
