| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Early Black economic cooperation : intentional communities, communes, and mutual aid -- From economic independence to political advocacy : cooperation and the nineteenth-century Black populist movement -- Expanding the tradition : early African American owned "cooperative" businesses -- Strategy, advocacy, and practice : Black study circles and co-op education on the front lines -- The Young Negroes' Co-operative League -- Out of necessity : the great depression and "consumers' cooperation among Negroes" -- Continuing the legacy : Nannie Hele Burroughs, Halena Wilson, and the role of Black women -- Black rural cooperative activity in the early to mid-twentieth century -- The Federation of Southern Cooperatives : the legacy lives on -- Economic solidarity in the African American cooperative movement : connections, cohesiveness, and leadership development. |
| Summary |
"Chronicles the achievements and challenges of African American collective economic action and social entrepreneurship in the struggle for civil rights and economic equality"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cooperation -- United States -- History.
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Cooperative societies -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference. |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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Cooperation. |
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Cooperative societies. |
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United States. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gordon Nembhard, Jessica, 1956- Collective courage. University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014 (DLC) 2013042173 |
| ISBN |
9780271064260 (electronic bk.) |
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0271064269 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271064550 (electronic bk.) |
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0271064552 (electronic bk.) |
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9780271062167 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0271062169 |
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9780271062174 (pbk.) |
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0271062177 (pbk.) |
| Standard No. |
40023616724 |
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