{"product_id":"entrepreneurship-and-self-help-among-black-john-sibley-butler-9780791458938","title":"Entrepreneurship and Self-Help Among Black Americans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis long-awaited revision of a classic work traces the unique development of business enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its publication in 1991, Entrepreneurship and Self-Help among Black Americans has become a classic work, influencing the study of entrepreneurship and, more importantly, revitalizing a research tradition that places new ventures at the very center of success for black Americans. This revised edition updates and enhances the work by bringing it into the twenty-first century. John Sibley Butler traces the development of black enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present. He compares these efforts to other strong traditions of self-help among groups such as Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Greek Americans, and exciting new research on the Amish and the Pakistani. He also explores how higher education is already a valued tradition among black self-help groups-such that today their offspring are more likely to be third and fourth generation college graduates. Butler effectively challenges the myth that nothing can be done to salvage America's underclass without a massive infusion of public dollars, and offers a fresh perspective on those community based organizations and individuals who act to solve local social and economic problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sibley Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791458938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791458938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.34w x 1.19d","brand":"John Sibley Butler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47036566372607,"sku":"9780791458938","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26701d26-7333-4823-905d-db88cce1cf72.jpg?v=1752637962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/entrepreneurship-and-self-help-among-black-john-sibley-butler-9780791458938","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}