The History of Black Business in America (v. 1)

Despite almost four centuries of black independent self-help enterprises, the agency of African Americans in attempting to forge their own economic liberation through business activities and entrepreneurship has remained noticeably absent from the historical record. Juliet Walker's award-winning "History of Black Business in America" is the only source that provides a detailed study of the continuity, diversity, and multiplicity of independent self-help economic activities among African Americans.This new, updated edition divides the original work into two volumes. The first volume covers African American business history through the end of the Civil War and features the first comprehensive account of black business during the Civil War. By emphasizing the African origins of black business practices and highlighting the contributions of black women, enslaved and free, Walker casts aside the long-held assumption that a "lack of a business tradition" is responsible for the failure of African Americans to establish successful, large-scale enterprises.The second volume, spanning from the end of the Civil War to the twenty-first century, will be published in Spring 2009.

ISBN 0807832413   Pages 544 ISBN13 9780807832417 (What's this?)   Part volume To 1865 Publisher The University of North Carolina Press   Volumes 1 Imprint The University of North Carolina Press   Weight (grammes) 748 Format Hardback   Published in Chapel Hill Publication date 15 Sep 2010   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress 2008052540   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 338.0408996073   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1		African diaspora commercial survivalisms in colonial American plantation communities		1
2		Free black business activities in colonial America		41
3		Business activities of African American slaves, 1790-1865		67
4		They are capitalists : antebellum free black business activities		108
5		Antebellum free black women enterprises		164
6		They never had a chance : black business in the crossfires of the American Civil War, 1861-1865		194
		Notes		275
		Bibliography		345
		Index		383

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