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History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship Volume 1, To 1865

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ISBN-10: 0807859109

ISBN-13: 9780807859100

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Juliet E. K. Walker

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Despite almost four centuries of black independent self-help enterprises, the agency of African Americans in attempting to forge their own economic liberation through business activities and entrepreneurship has remained noticeably absent from the historical record. Juliet Walker's award-winningHistory of Black Business in Americais the only source that provides a detailed study of the continuity, diversity, and multiplicity of independent self-help economic activities among African Americans. This new, updated edition divides the original work into two volumes. The first volume covers African American business history through the end of the Civil War and features a new introduction, as…    
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Book details

List price: $42.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 12/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Anna R. Hayes is a former partner in the Raleigh, North Carolina, law firm of Manning, Fulton, and Skinner, P.A. She divides her time between Paris and Chapel Hill.Juliet E. K. Walker is professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin, and the founder and director of the Center for Black Business History, Entrepreneurship, and Technology.