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Enterprising Southerners
Robert C. Kenzer
其他書名
Black Economic Success in North Carolina, 1865-1915
出版University of Virginia Press, 1997
主題Business & Economics / Economic ConditionsHistory / United States / State & Local / GeneralHistory / Modern / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / Social HistoryHistory / African American & BlackSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black StudiesSocial Science / Black Studies (Global)
ISBN08139173369780813917337
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=F9F_Tx47ZRYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Most historians agree that only a small share of southern blacks experienced economic gains in the fifty years following the Civil War. Little attention has been focused, however, on the minority who successfully acquired property and conducted business during this time. In Enterprising Southerners, Robert C. Kenzer examines the characteristics of North Carolina's African-American population in order to explain the social and political factors that shaped economic opportunity for this group from the Civil War until 1915. What is surprising, Kenzer asserts, is that his research does not support lingering theories that the "heritage of slavery" adversely affected blacks' performance in the market economy. Instead, he blames economic barriers to development, such as lack of capital and poorly developed markets. This study not only provides a valuable history of one state's black population, but also paves the way for similar scholarship in other southern states.