| Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics Contributor(s): Butler, John Sibley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791407357 ISBN-13: 9780791407356 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 338.040 |
| LCCN: 90010329 |
| Series: Suny Ethnicity and Race in American Life |
| Physical Information: 408 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, author John Sibley Butler traces the unique development of business enterprises and other community organizations among Black Americans from before the Civil War into the present. He compares these efforts to other strong traditions of self-help among groups such as Japanese-Americans, Jewish Americans, and Greek-Americans. The author also shows how the higher education of Black children is already a valued tradition among Black self-help groups--such that today their offspring are more likely to be third and fourth generation college graduates. Butler challenges the myth that nothing can be done to salvage America's underclass without a massive infusion of public dollars, and offers a fresh perspective on those community based organizations and individuals who act to solve local social and economic problems. |