The new entrepreneurs : how race, class, and gender shape American enterprise / Zulema Valdez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valdez, Zulema.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic American businesspeople--Texas--Houston.

Hispanic American businesspeople.

Hispanic American business enterprises--Texas--Houston.

Hispanic American business enterprises.

Hispanic Americans--Texas--Houston--Social conditions.

Hispanic Americans.

Hispanic Americans--Texas--Houston--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

For many entrepreneurs, the American Dream remains only partially fulfilled. Unequal outcomes between the middle and lower classes, men and women, and Latino/as, whites, and blacks highlight continuing inequalities and constraints within American society. With a focus on a diverse group of Latino entrepreneurs, this book explores how class, gender, race, and ethnicity all shape Latino entrepreneurs' capacity to succeed in business in the United States.Bringing intersectionality into conversation with theories of ethnic entrepreneurship, Zulema Valdez considers how various factors

Contents:

The embedded market : race, class, and gender in American enterprise

Entrepreneurial dreams in an intersectional context

Intersectionality, market capacity, and Latino/a enterprise

By what measure success? : the economic and social value of Latino/a enterprise

Ethnic and racial identity formation among American Latino/a entrepreneurs

Rugged individualists and the American dream

Conclusion : embedded entrepreneurs in brown, black, and white.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804777179

0804777179

OCLC:

713026371