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The store in the hood : a century of ethnic business and conflict / Steven J. Gold.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gold, Steven J. (Steven James)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minority business enterprises--United States--History.
- Minority business enterprises.
- Small business--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Small business.
- Customer relations--Social aspects--United States--History.
- Customer relations.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Store in the Hood is a comprehensive study of conflicts between immigrant merchants and customers throughout the U.S. during the 20th century. The book draws on published research, official statistics, interviews, and ethnographic data collected from diverse locations to discuss the many causes of these disputes-determined by society's larger structure. The book also suggests possible solutions.
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM 1900 UNTIL 1935; CHAPTER 3. IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS' RELATIONS WITH CUSTOMERS IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY; CHAPTER 4. THE FATE OF MINORITY MERCHANTS DURING DEPRESSION AND WAR; CHAPTER 5. GOVERNMENT POLICY, GHETTOS, AND MERCHANT-CUSTOMER CONFLICT AFTER WORLD WAR II; CHAPTER 6. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN IMMIGRANT BUSINESS OWNERS AND CUSTOMERS, 1970 TO 2005
- CHAPTER 7. THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AS A SITE OF COMPETITION BETWEEN DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS AND ETHNIC MERCHANTSCHAPTER 8. ETHNIC MERCHANTS IN A BLACK MAJORITY CITY: THE CASE OF DETROIT; CHAPTER 9. SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND MERCHANT-CUSTOMER CONFLICTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-21658-2
- 9786612820601
- 1-4422-0625-X
- 1-282-82060-5
- OCLC:
- 671655830
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