The history of Black business in America : capitalism, race, entrepreneurship

Author/Creator:

Walker, Juliet E. K., 1940-

Publication/Creation:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009-]

Resource Type:

Book

Edition:

2nd ed.

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Full Title:

The history of Black business in America : capitalism, race, entrepreneurship / Juliet E.K. Walker

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

African American business enterprises--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

v. 1. (To 1865) -- African diaspora commercial survivalisms in colonial American plantation communities -- Free Black business activities in colonial America -- Business activities of African American slaves, 1790-1865 -- They are capitalists : antebellum free Black business activities -- Antebellum free Black women enterprises -- They never had a chance : Black business in the crossfires of the American Civil War, 1861-1865.

Summary:

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. This work 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, the author 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 covers the era spanning from the end of the Civil War to the twenty-first century.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xxiv, 405 pages ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937356146102486

ISBN:

9780807832417
9780807859100
0807832413
0807859109

OCLC Number:

277069313