Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.
Contents
Black entrepreneurship from 1900 until 1935 -- Immigrant entrepreneurs : relations with customers in the early 20th century -- The fate of minority merchants during depression and war -- Government policy, ghettos, and merchant/customer conflict after WWII -- Demographic change and urban transformation : interactions between immigrant business owners and customers, 1970 to 2005 -- The informal economy as a site of competition between disadvantaged populations and ethnic merchants -- Ethnic merchants in a Black majority city : the case of Detroit -- Social inequality and merchant-customer conflicts.