Why read Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans?

Book cover of Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans: A Reconsideration of Race and Economics

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This long-awaited revision of a classic work traces the unique development of business enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present.

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1 author picked Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Robert E. Weems, Jr.

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Professor Butler’s classic book is a foundational work in the realm of African American business history.

Combining both sociological and historical analysis, Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans includes case studies of notable African American business districts.

For instance, years before recent interest in the horrific destruction of Tulsa’s “Black Wall Street” in 1921, Butler provided an in-depth examination of this phenomenon.

This book is also valuable because it provides an important comparative analysis of historic African American entrepreneurship with that of various nonwhite immigrant groups.

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