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Author Gold, Steven J. (Steven James)

Title The store in the hood : a century of ethnic business and conflict / Steven J. Gold.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  338.642 G618S    Check Shelf
Description x, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Minority business enterprises -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African American business enterprises -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Ethnic neighborhoods -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Small business -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
Customer relations -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 9781442206243 hardback
1442206241 hardback
9781442206236 cloth alkaline paper
1442206233 cloth alkaline paper
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