The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America
Julia Rabig
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Description for The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America
Hardcover. Explores business development in the Black power era and the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement. Editor(s): Warren Hill, Laura; Rabig, Julia. Num Pages: 354 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
Explores business development in the Black power era and the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement. The Business of Black Power emphasizes the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement and explores the myriad forms of business development in the Black power era. This volume charts a new course forBlack power studies and business history, exploring both the business ventures that Black power fostered and the impact of Black power on the nation's business world. Black activists pressed business leaders, corporations, and various levels of government into supporting a range of economic ... Read more
Explores business development in the Black power era and the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement. The Business of Black Power emphasizes the centrality of economic goals to the larger black freedom movement and explores the myriad forms of business development in the Black power era. This volume charts a new course forBlack power studies and business history, exploring both the business ventures that Black power fostered and the impact of Black power on the nation's business world. Black activists pressed business leaders, corporations, and various levels of government into supporting a range of economic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781580464031
SKU
V9781580464031
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America
The essays make significant contributions to the historiographies of business history and Black Power history...highly recommended reading.
H-BUSINESS
Valuable and interesting...this collection of essays serves an important purpose and will do much to advance the studies of black power.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY
A seminal work that is an especially recommended contribution to academic library Black ... Read more
H-BUSINESS
Valuable and interesting...this collection of essays serves an important purpose and will do much to advance the studies of black power.
JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY
A seminal work that is an especially recommended contribution to academic library Black ... Read more