Steven J. Gold

The Store in the Hood

A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9781442206243
• ISBN-10: 1442206241
• Artikelnr.: 34101140

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Gold is professor and graduate program director in the department of sociology at Michigan State University. The past chair of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, Gold is the author, coauthor or coeditor of six books and the coeditor of The New Americans book series from LFB Publishers.  

Inhaltsangabe

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