Entrepreneurship and self-help among Black Americans : a reconsideration of race and economics / John Sibley Butler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butler, John S. (John Sibley)

Series:

SUNY series in ethnicity and race in American life.

SUNY series in ethnicity and race in American life

SUNY series in Ethnicity and Race in American Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African American businesspeople.

Entrepreneurship--United States.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface to the Revised Edition

The Sociology of Entrepreneurship

Race and Entrepreneurship

“To Seek for Ourselves”

Entrepreneurship under an Economic Detour

Durham, North Carolina

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Reconstruction of Race, Ethnicity, and Economics

The Present Status of Afro-American Business

Conclusion and Policy Implications

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-397) and index.

ISBN:

9780791486047

0791486044

9781423748595

142374859X

OCLC:

63167792