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"This very interesting and informative book examines the role of self-employment in the upward mobility of African Americans and Asian immigrants in American society... An essential book for any college or research library." -- Choice
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Refutes conventional notions about entrepreneurship in the inner city.
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The immigrant experience is often put forth as a parable of economic opportunity in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total financial capital, cities with black mayors, black business community, nonminority owners, preferential procurement programs, logistic regression exercise, predominantly minority clientele, discontinued firms, nonminority firms, ongoing firm, firm longevity, young small businesses, minority business community, black business development, discontinuance rates, area personal income, firm viability, black firms, blocked mobility, minority vendors, educated owners, black business owners, firm capitalization, household net worth, small businesses operating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Bureau of the Census, Asian Indians, African Americans, Characteristics of Business Owners, Asian Americans, Los Angeles, South Shore, Census Bureau, New York City, Ivan Light, World War, Department of Commerce, Japanese Americans, San Francisco, Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina, Black Star Line, City Government Finances, Delineating Self-employment Entrants, Great Depression, Local Area Personal Income, National Roster, Capital Structure Leverage, New Orleans New!
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The immigrant experience is often put forth as a parable of economic opportunity in the United States. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
total financial capital, cities with black mayors, black business community, nonminority owners, preferential procurement programs, logistic regression exercise, predominantly minority clientele, discontinued firms, nonminority firms, ongoing firm, firm longevity, young small businesses, minority business community, black business development, discontinuance rates, area personal income, firm viability, black firms, blocked mobility, minority vendors, educated owners, black business owners, firm capitalization, household net worth, small businesses operating Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Bureau of the Census, Asian Indians, African Americans, Characteristics of Business Owners, Asian Americans, Los Angeles, South Shore, Census Bureau, New York City, Ivan Light, World War, Department of Commerce, Japanese Americans, San Francisco, Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina, Black Star Line, City Government Finances, Delineating Self-employment Entrants, Great Depression, Local Area Personal Income, National Roster, Capital Structure Leverage, New Orleans New!
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- The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study by W. E. B. Du Bois on page 145, and Back Matter
- Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro (American Economic Association) by Frederick L. Hoffman on page 146
- Social Science S/G by Johnson in Back Matter
- Banking on Black Enterprise by Timothy Bates on page 187
- International Migration (MN) by Office for National Statistics in Back Matter
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- Replicating Microfinance in the United States by James H. Carr on page 56
- The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by Thomas M. Shapiro in Back Matter
- Bootstrap Dreams: U.s. Microenterprise Development In An Era Of Welfare Reform (ILR Press Book) by Nancy C. Jurik in Back Matter
- Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurs : Networks and Ethnic Resources (Garland Studies in Entrepreneurship) by Jin-Kyung Yoo in Back Matter
- Civility in the City: Blacks, Jews, and Koreans in Urban America by Jennifer Lee in Back Matter
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