The African American entrepreneur :: then and now /

African American entrepreneurship has been an integral part of the American economy since the 1600s. On the eve of the Civil War, the collective wealth of free blacks was approximately 50 million. In 2006, African Americans earned a whopping 744 billion, a figure that exceeds the gross domestic prod...

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1. Verfasser: Rogers, W. Sherman
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Santa Barbara, CA : Praeger, ©2010.
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Zusammenfassung:African American entrepreneurship has been an integral part of the American economy since the 1600s. On the eve of the Civil War, the collective wealth of free blacks was approximately 50 million. In 2006, African Americans earned a whopping 744 billion, a figure that exceeds the gross domestic product of all but 15 nations of the 192 independent countries in the world. As W. Sherman Rogers so ably demonstrates, African Americans have achieved these economic gains under difficult circumstances. Slavery, segregation, and legally limited access to property, education, and other opportunities ha.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xx, 316 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780313351129
0313351120

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