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- catalog abstract ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10445040.
- catalog coverage "North Carolina Economic conditions.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Black landownership -- The black business community -- Collective efforts toward enterprise -- The politics of enterprise -- Family, marriage, and education.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 178 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813917336 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Carter G. Woodson Institute series in Black studies".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia,".
- catalog spatial "North Carolina Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "North Carolina".
- catalog subject "330.9756/041/08996073 21".
- catalog subject "African Americans History 1863-1877.".
- catalog subject "African Americans History 1877-1964.".
- catalog subject "African Americans North Carolina Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "E185.93.N6 K46 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Black landownership -- The black business community -- Collective efforts toward enterprise -- The politics of enterprise -- Family, marriage, and education.".
- catalog title "Enterprising southerners : Black economic success in North Carolina, 1865-1915 / Robert C. Kenzer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".