Black business in the new south : a social history of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company / Walter B. Weare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weare, Walter B.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the ""world's largest Negro business."" Located in Durham, North Carolina, which was known as the ""Black Wall Street of America,"" this business came to symbolize the ideas of racial progress, self-help, and solidarity in America. Walter B. Weare's social and intellectual history, originally published in 1973 (University of Illinois Press) and updated here to include a new introduction, still stands as the definitive history of black business in the New South. Drawing on a wide range of sources-including perso

Contents:

The Evolution of Uplift

The Company with a Soul and a Service

Survival and Success

Expansion and Retreat

That good ol' Mutual Spirit

The Second Survival

The Company and the Community: The Burden of Race

The Company and the Community: Politics and Race Relations

Epilogue: The Dividends of War.

Notes:

Originally published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1973.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-304) and index.

ISBN:

9786612904240

9781282904248

1282904248

9780822381785

0822381788

OCLC:

191222145