Black Business In The New South

Author : Walter B. Weare
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822313383

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Black Business in the New South by Walter B. Weare Pdf

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the "world's largest Negro business." Located in Durham, North Carolina, which was known as the "Black Wall Street of America," this business came to symbolize the ideas of racial progress, self-help, and solidarity in America. Walter B. Weare's social and intellectual history, originally published in 1973 (University of Illinois Press) and updated here to include a new introduction, still stands as the definitive history of black business in the New South. Drawing on a wide range of sources—including personal papers of the company's leaders and oral history interviews—Weare traces the company's story from its ideological roots in the eighteenth century to its economic success in the twentieth century.

Author : Walter B. Weare
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780822381785

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Black Business in the New South by Walter B. Weare Pdf

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the "world's largest Negro business." Located in Durham, North Carolina, which was known as the "Black Wall Street of America," this business came to symbolize the ideas of racial progress, self-help, and solidarity in America. Walter B. Weare's social and intellectual history, originally published in 1973 (University of Illinois Press) and updated here to include a new introduction, still stands as the definitive history of black business in the New South. Drawing on a wide range of sources—including personal papers of the company's leaders and oral history interviews—Weare traces the company's story from its ideological roots in the eighteenth century to its economic success in the twentieth century.

Author : Walter B. Weare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
ISBN : LCCN:10057449

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Black Business in the New South by Walter B. Weare Pdf

Author : Loren Schweninger
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252066340

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Black Property Owners in the South, 1790-1915 by Loren Schweninger Pdf

Property ownership has been a traditional means for African Americans to gain recognition and enter the mainstream of American life. This landmark study documents this significant, but often overlooked, aspect of the black experience from the late eighteenth century to World War I.

Author : Quincy T. Mills
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812245417

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Cutting Along the Color Line by Quincy T. Mills Pdf

Examines the history of black-owned barber shops in the United States, from pre-Civil War Era through today.

Author : Melissa Walker,James C. Cobb
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781469616681

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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture by Melissa Walker,James C. Cobb Pdf

Volume 11 of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture examines the economic culture of the South by pairing two categories that account for the ways many southerners have made their living. In the antebellum period, the wealth of southern whites came largely from agriculture that relied on the forced labor of enslaved blacks. After Reconstruction, the South became attractive to new industries lured by the region's ongoing commitment to low-wage labor and management-friendly economic policies. Throughout the volume, articles reflect the breadth and variety of southern life, paying particular attention to the region's profound economic transformation in recent decades. The agricultural section consists of 25 thematic entries that explore issues such as Native American agricultural practices, plantations, and sustainable agriculture. Thirty-eight shorter pieces cover key crops of the region--from tobacco to Christmas trees--as well as issues of historic and emerging interest--from insects and insecticides to migrant labor. The section on industry and commerce contains 13 thematic entries in which contributors address topics such as the economic impact of military bases, resistance to industrialization, and black business. Thirty-six topical entries explore particular industries, such as textiles, timber, automobiles, and banking, as well as individuals--including Henry W. Grady and Sam M. Walton--whose ideas and enterprises have helped shape the modern South.

Author : Edward L. Ayers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199724550

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The Promise of the New South by Edward L. Ayers Pdf

At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a lynching. In this story, with its blend of new technology and old hatreds, genteel picnics and mob violence, Edward Ayers captures the history of the South in the years between Reconstruction and the turn of the century. Ranging from the Georgia coast to the Tennessee mountains, from the power brokers to tenant farmers, Ayers depicts a land of startling contrasts. Ayers takes us from remote Southern towns, revolutionized by the spread of the railroads, to the statehouses where Democratic Redeemers swept away the legacy of Reconstruction; from the small farmers, trapped into growing nothing but cotton, to the new industries of Birmingham; from abuse and intimacy in the family to tumultuous public meetings of the prohibitionists. He explores every aspect of society, politics, and the economy, detailing the importance of each in the emerging New South. Central to the entire story is the role of race relations, from alliances and friendships between blacks and whites to the spread of Jim Crows laws and disfranchisement. The teeming nineteenth-century South comes to life in these pages. When this book first appeared in 1992, it won a broad array of prizes and was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. The citation for the National Book Award declared Promise of the New South a vivid and masterfully detailed picture of the evolution of a new society. The Atlantic called it "one of the broadest and most original interpretations of southern history of the past twenty years.

Author : Juliet E. K. Walker
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780807832417

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The History of Black Business in America by Juliet E. K. Walker Pdf

In this wide-ranging study Stephen Foster explores Puritanism in England and America from its roots in the Elizabethan era to the end of the seventeenth century. Focusing on Puritanism as a cultural and political phenomenon as well as a religious movement, Foster addresses parallel developments on both sides of the Atlantic and firmly embeds New England Puritanism within its English context. He provides not only an elaborate critque of current interpretations of Puritan ideology but also an original and insightful portrayal of its dynamism. According to Foster, Puritanism represented a loose and incomplete alliance of progressive Protestants, lay and clerical, aristocratic and humble, who never decided whether they were the vanguard or the remnant. Indeed, in Foster's analysis, changes in New England Puritanism after the first decades of settlement did not indicate secularization and decline but instead were part of a pattern of change, conflict, and accomodation that had begun in England. He views the Puritans' own claims of declension as partisan propositions in an internal controversy as old as the Puritan movement itself. The result of these stresses and adaptations, he argues, was continued vitality in American Puritanism during the second half of the seventeenth century. Foster draws insights from a broad range of souces in England and America, including sermons, diaries, spiritual autobiographies, and colony, town, and court records. Moreover, his presentation of the history of the English and American Puritan movements in tandem brings out the fatal flaws of the former as well as the modest but essential strengths of the latter.

Author : William A. Link
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469607764

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Atlanta, Cradle of the New South by William A. Link Pdf

Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War's Aftermath

Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor H. Green Pdf

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Author : Thomas K. McCraw,William R. Childs
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781119097266

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American Business Since 1920 by Thomas K. McCraw,William R. Childs Pdf

Tells the story of how America’s biggest companies began, operated, and prospered post-World War I This book takes the vantage point of people working within companies as they responded to constant change created by consumers and technology. It focuses on the entrepreneur, the firm, and the industry, by showing—from the inside—how businesses operated after 1920, while offering a good deal of Modern American social and cultural history. The case studies and contextual chapters provide an in-depth understanding of the evolution of American management over nearly 100 years. American Business Since 1920: How It Worked presents historical struggles with decision making and the trend towards relative decentralization through stories of extraordinarily capable entrepreneurs and the organizations they led. It covers: Henry Ford and his competitor Alfred Sloan at General Motors during the 1920s; Neil McElroy at Procter & Gamble in the 1930s; Ferdinand Eberstadt at the government’s Controlled Materials Plan during World War II; David Sarnoff at RCA in the 1950s and 1960s; and Ray Kroc and his McDonald’s franchises in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first; and more. It also delves into such modern success stories as Amazon.com, eBay, and Google. Provides deep analysis of some of the most successful companies of the 20th century Contains topical chapters covering titans of the 2000s Part of Wiley-Blackwell’s highly praised American History Series American Business Since 1920: How It Worked is designed for use in both basic and advanced courses in American history, at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Author : Franco Barchiesi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351773225

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Rethinking the Labour Movement in the 'New South Africa' by Franco Barchiesi Pdf

Title first published in 2003. In recognition of the power of organised labour, the ANC Government elected in 1994 granted South Africa's unions unprecedented legal and constitutional rights. Despite these gains, the country's unions have faced a fresh set of challenges, many of them emanating from their political allies in Government. From Parliament to the factory floor, South Africa's unions are now confronted with threats as dangerous as those they confronted when organising illegally in the heyday of apartheid. The purpose of this book is to examine how South African unions have responded and how well prepared they are to meet the challenges that confront them in the new millennium.

Author : Robin Pearson,Takau Yoneyama
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198739005

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Corporate Forms and Organizational Choice in International Insurance by Robin Pearson,Takau Yoneyama Pdf

Examining the development of multiple forms of organisation in insurance from a historical and international context, this book relates this history to modern organisation theory. The 13 chapters by expert scholars cover eight major markets that together account for over half of world insurance today.

Author : United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Africa,William D. Coale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Black business enterprises
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081671120

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Black Business Development in South Africa by United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Africa,William D. Coale Pdf

Author : Joe William Trotter
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0252060350

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Black Milwaukee by Joe William Trotter Pdf

Other historians have tended to treat black urban life mainly in relation to the ghetto experience, but in Black Milwaukee, Joe William Trotter Jr. offers a new perspective that complements yet also goes well beyond that approach. The blacks in Black Milwaukee were not only ghetto dwellers; they were also industrial workers. The process by which they achieved this status is the subject of Trotter's ground-breaking study. This second edition features a new preface and acknowledgments, an essay on African American urban history since 1985, a prologue on the antebellum and Civil War roots of Milwaukee's black community, and an epilogue on the post-World War II years and the impact of deindustrialization, all by the author. Brief essays by four of Trotter's colleagues--William P. Jones, Earl Lewis, Alison Isenberg, and Kimberly L. Phillips--assess the impact of the original Black Milwaukee on the study of African American urban history over the past twenty years.