The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington : Its Development and Implementation

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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 influe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boston, Michael B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Washington, Booker T., > 1856-1915
Washington, Booker T., > 1856-1915 > Philosophy.
Success in business.
Philosophy.
Entrepreneurship.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
African American leadership.
African American businesspeople.
African American business enterprises.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Succes dans les affaires > États-Unis.
Entrepreneuriat > États-Unis > Biographies.
Gens d'affaires noirs americains > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Conditions economiques.
Leadership noir americain > Histoire.
Entreprises noires americaines > Histoire.
Success in business > United States.
Entrepreneurship > United States > Biography.
African American businesspeople > Biography.
African American leadership > History.
African American business enterprises > History.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 Washington e.
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 pages).
ISBN:9780813043197

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