| Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics, Revised Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Butler, John Sibley (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791458946 ISBN-13: 9780791458945 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: This long-awaited revision of a classic work traces the unique development of business enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
| Dewey: 338.040 |
| LCCN: 2004029877 |
| Series: Suny Ethnicity and Race in American Life |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.18" W x 8.94" (1.22 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its publication in 1991, Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans has become a classic work, influencing the study of entrepreneurship and, more importantly, revitalizing a research tradition that places new ventures at the very center of success for black Americans. This revised edition updates and enhances the work by bringing it into the twenty-first century. John Sibley Butler traces the development of black enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present. He compares these efforts to other strong traditions of self-help among groups such as Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Greek Americans, and exciting new research on the Amish and the Pakistani. He also explores how higher education 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 effectively 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. |