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Business in Bim : a business history of Barbados, 1900-2000 / Henderson Carter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Henderson, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business enterprises.
- Business enterprises--Barbados--History--20th century.
- Business failures--Barbados--History--20th century.
- Business failures.
- Business--Barbados--History--20th century.
- Business.
- Barbados--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Barbados.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 291 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Kingston ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book chronicles the evolution of business in Barbados from the era when sugar cane cultivation and its processing dominated the economic, political and social life of the island through to the present. It shows how the decline of the sugar industry created opportunities for the emergence of a new merchant class which comprised mainly of black business entrepreneurs. The successes of this new merchant class can be seen in the creation of a prominent commercial centre which remains a vital part of the capital, Bridgetown.
- Contents:
- The business environment in 1900
- The business sector in Barbados 1900-40
- An era of opportunity, 1940-65
- The impact of government policy on the business sector
- Challenge and change for the business community, 1940-90
- Business under pressure
- The failure of some black businesses
- The survivors
- Business in the age of globalization.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-284) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789766376536
- 9766376530
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