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



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Autore: Boston Michael B Visualizza persona
Titolo: The business strategy of Booker T. Washington [[electronic resource] ] : its development and implementation / / Michael B. Boston Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Gainesville, : University Press of Florida, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
Disciplina: 370.92
Soggetto topico: African American business enterprises - History
African American leadership - History
African Americans - Economic conditions
African American businesspeople
Entrepreneurship - United States
Success in business - United States
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
Titolo autorizzato: The business strategy of Booker T. Washington  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8130-3819-7
0-8130-4319-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789493903321
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