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Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship
Juliet E.K. Walker
ISBN: 9780312233488
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Edition: Revised & Revised
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Drawing on a range of sources, this title presents a comprehensive history of black business in America. It puts right the long held assumption that African-Americans lack an entrepreneurial tradition.
This title is released during Black History Month. This is the only comprehensive history of black business in America. It is the newest instalment of our "History of Business Series".Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Juliet Walker offers the only comprehensive survey of Black business development to date. This unique history puts right the long held assumption that African-Americans lack an entrepreneurial tradition.
| ISBN | 0312233485 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780312233488
(What's this?) | | Pages | 300 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 238 | | Publication date | 02 Dec 2005 | | Width (mm) | 190 | | Library of Congress | HD2344.5.U | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate | | DEWEY | 338.642208996073 | |
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Introduction; African Diaspora Commercial Survivalisms in Colonial American Plantation Communities; Free Black Business Activity in Colonial America; Business Activities of African-American Slave: 1790-1865; 'They are Capitalists': Antebellum Free Black Business Activities; Antebellum Free Black Women Enterprises; Black Business from 1865 to 1900; The Golden Age of Black Business: 1900-1930; From the Depression to Civil Rights in Black Business; The Federal Government and Black Business: The 1960s to the 1990s; The Rise of Black Corporate America: 1945-present; Blacks and White Corporate America: 1965-present; Notes; Index.
"'This work addresses a huge gap that has existed in the coverage of American black business history. A must read for anyone interested in the development of business in America.' - James Cash, Harvard Business School, USA 'Juliet Walker's The History of Black Business in America is without peer. It is a must read for anyone who wishes to understand the struggle of African Americans in a field where there have always been barriers.' - John Hope Franklin, James B. Duke Professor of History Emeritus, Duke University, USA"  Be the first to write a customer review
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