The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, EntrepreneurshipComprehensive survey of black business development, discussing the remarkable continuity and diversity of black business. Some of the featured enterprises include commercial real estate speculation, rural and urban land development, and construction. African-American involvement in finance and investment activities, corporate and municipal bonds, international trade, and hair care product manufacturing is also examined. Moves beyond vague depersonalized accounts of groups of nameless blacks, and tells the triumphant and moving stories of people like Madame C. J. Walker, the first female African-American millionaire, and Frederick Douglas Patterson, the first African-American automaker. |
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Contents
African Diaspora Commercial Survivalisms | 1 |
Free Black Business Activity in Colonial America | 32 |
Business Activities of AfricanAmerican Slaves 17901865 | 52 |
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| Title | The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship Twayne's evolution of modern business series |
| Author | Juliet E. K. Walker |
| Publisher | Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1998 |
| ISBN | 0805716505, 9780805716504 |
| Length | 482 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
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