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Author Boston, Michael B.

Title The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington : Its Development and Implementation.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (261 pages)
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Summary Michael Boston offers a radical departure from other interpretations of Booker T. Washington by focusing on the latter's business ideas and practices. More specifically, Boston examines Washington as an entrepreneur, spelling out his business philosophy at great length and discussing the influence it had on black America. He analyzes the national and regional economies in which Washington worked and focuses on his advocacy of black business development as the key to economic uplift for African Americans. The result is a revisionist book that responds to the skewed literature on Washington e.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Setting That Shaped Booker T. Washington's Entrepreneurial Philosophy; 2. Key Influences that Helped to Mold and Develop Washington's Entrepreneurial Ideas; 3. The Entrepreneurial Ideas of Booker T. Washington; 4. The Negro Farmers' Conference: Helping Those Near and Far; 5. The National Negro Business League: A History and Analysis; 6. Fundraising, Management, and Industrial Education: Booker T. Washington as a Business Executive and Promoter of the Tuskegee Spirit.
7. Washington's Broad Economic Influence on African-American Life and HistoryConclusion: Booker T. Washington, a Shrewd Strategist; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 -- Philosophy.
Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915.
Philosophy.
African American business enterprises -- History.
African American business enterprises.
History.
African American leadership -- History.
African American leadership.
African Americans -- Economic conditions.
African Americans -- Economic conditions.
African American businesspeople -- Biography.
African American businesspeople.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Biography.
Entrepreneurship.
United States.
Success in business -- United States.
Success in business.
Indexed Term Multi-User.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Boston, Michael B. Business strategy of Booker T. Washington. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2010 9780813034737 (DLC) 2010001916 (OCoLC)437299331
ISBN 9780813043197 (electronic book)
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0813038197 (ebook)
0813034736 (alkaline paper)
9780813034737 (alkaline paper)