Store in the Hood - A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict

Informationen zum Autor By Steven J. Gold Klappentext The Store in the Hood is a comprehensive study of conflicts between immigrant merchants and customers throughout the U.S. during the 20th century. The book draws on published research, official statistics, interviews, and ethnographic data collected from diverse locations to discuss the many causes of these disputes-determined by society's larger structure. The book also suggests possible solutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Black Entrepreneurship from 1900 until 1935 Chapter 3: Immigrant Entrepreneurs' Relations with Customers in the Early 20th Century Chapter 4: The Fate of Minority Merchants during Depression and War Chapter 5: Government Policy, Ghettos, and Merchant-Customer Conflict after World War II Chapter 6: Demographic Change and Urban Transformation: Interactions between Immigrant Business Owners and Customers, 1970 to 2005 Chapter 7: The Informal Economy as a site of Competition between Disadvantaged Populations and Ethnic Merchants Chapter 8: Ethnic Merchants in a Black Majority City: The Case of Detroit (with Joe Darden) Chapter 9:Social Inequality and Merchant-Customer Conflicts Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Steven Gold, Steven J. Gold, Gold Steven J.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2010
• EAN: 9781442206236
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0623-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Ethnography, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity