The business strategy of Booker T. Washington [[electronic resource] ] : its development and implementation / / Michael B. Boston

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464366503321
• Autore: Boston Michael B
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2010
• ISBN: 0-8130-3819-7; 0-8130-4319-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.92
• Soggetti: African American business enterprises - History; African American leadership - History; African Americans - Economic conditions; African American businesspeople; Entrepreneurship - United States; Success in business - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The setting that shaped Booker T. Washington's entrepreneurial philosophy -- Key influences that helped to mold and develop Washington's entrepreneurial ideas -- The entrepreneurial ideas of Booker T. Washington -- The Negro Farmer's Conference : helping those near and far -- The National Negro Business League : a history and analysis -- Fundraising, management, and industrial education : Booker T. Washington as a business executive and promoter of the Tuskegee spirit -- Washington's broad economic influence on African-American life and history -- Conclusion: Booker T. Washington, a shrewd strategist.
• Sommario/riassunto: Michael Boston offers a radical departure from other interpretations of Booker T. Washington by focusing on the latter's business ideas and practices. More specifically, Boston examines Washington as an entrepreneur, spelling out his business philosophy at great length and discussing the influence it had on black America. He analyzes the national and regional economies in which Washington worked and ; focuses on his advocacy of black business development as the key to economic uplift for African Americans. The result is a revisionist book that responds to the skewed literature on

Mr. Lowndes's report concerning the ffarme of the revenue in Ireland made to John Fforth and partners [[electronic resource] ] : rec'd the 19th June 1691. N. 88. (7)

• Record Nr.: UNISA996391819003316
• Autore: Lowndes William <1652-1724.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [1691]
• Descrizione fisica: [10] p
• Soggetti: Revenue - Ireland; Ireland History 17th century Early works to 1800; Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702 Early works to 1800
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Docket title.; In ms.; Signed: Wm. Lowndes.; Harleian mss. 7615 leaves 97-101.; Reproduction of original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018