Immigrant and Minority Entrepreneurship The Continuous Rebirth of American Communities

Name: Immigrant and Minority Entrepreneurship The Continuous Rebirth of American Communities
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ISBN: 9780275965129

ISBN-10: 0275965120

ISBN-13: 9780275965129

Edition: 2003

Authors: John S. Butler, John Sibley Butler

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This book is about the ways Americans develop business enterprise for community and individual economic stability. The emphasis is on immigrant and "minority" entrepreneurship, and it provides rich historical research as well as recent analyses of these issues. We learn that an analysis of the 1910 data reveal that black Americans were more likely than white Americans to be employers, and almost as likely as whites to be self-employed. We also learn that the immigrant experience includes unauthorized aliens, poverty, and the rise of vibrant business communities. While all immigrant groups contain those who are self-employed, when they do, the rate exceeds twice the figure for the domestic…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 6/30/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.45" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Introduction




African American Entrepreneurship: The View from the 1910 Census




Black Entrepreneurs, 1970-1990: A Demographic Perspective




The Role of the Enclave Economy in Immigrant Adaptation and Community Building: The Case of New York's Chinatown




Building Community through Entrepreneurship: Lessons from the United States and Vietnam




Fitting In: The Arab American Entrepreneur




The Minority Community as a Natural Business Incubator




Women Entrepreneurs: An Explanatory Framework of Capital Types




New Approaches to Understanding the Gendered Economy: Self-Employed Women, Microcredit, and the Nonprofit Sector




Korean Rotating Credit Associations in Los Angeles



Index


About the Editors and Contributors