Economics
Powernomics
PowerNomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America is a five-year plan to make Black America a prosperous and empowered race that is self-suff…
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poverty
Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor
In this revelatory book, Sudhir Venkatesh takes us into Maquis Park, a poor black neighborhood on Chicago's Southside, to explore the desperate…
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racism
Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, andSocial Norms
Saving the Neighborhood tells the charged, still controversial story of the rise and fall of racially restrictive covenants in America, and offers …
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Economics
Sir Arthur Lewis: A Biography
Sir Arthur Lewis (1915-1991) was the first person to answer these questions in a systematic way. But he was much more than this; he was also the …
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Tuskegee
The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington: Its Development andImplementation
"A fresh reassessment of one of the most powerful black men in American history. This book will help reshape the prism through which the life, …
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Economics
Black American Money by Dr. Boyce Watkins
In this book, Dr. Boyce Watkins breaks down how black power can thrive in a capitalist society. In his standard down-to-earth style, Dr. Watkins exp…
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racism
Wealth Accumulation and Communities of Color in the United States:Current Issues
"Congratulations to Drs. Nembhard and Chiteji and the authors included in this much needed volume of work! Their book offers the perspective an…
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Economics
Money in Africa
The study of monetary systems in the history of Africa is a subject that by its nature crosses disciplinary boundaries, covering more than 4,000 yea…
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West Africa
Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City
In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence …
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racism
The Burning: Massacre, Destruction, and the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921
On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklaho…
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West Africa
Onions Are My Husband: Survival and Accumulation by West African MarketWomen
In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, G…
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slavery
Slaves of One Master: Globalization and Slavery in Arabia in the Age ofEmpire
In this wide-ranging history of the African diaspora and slavery in Arabia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Matthew S. Hopper exami…
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racism
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race,Political Economy, and Society
"For those of us who came of political age in the 1980s, Manning Marable's How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America was one of our bibl…
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Politics
Black Bourgeoisie: The Book That Brought the Shock of Self-Revelationto Middle-Class Blacks in America
A classic analysis of the Black middle class studies its origin and development, accentuating its behavior, attitudes, and values during the 1940s …
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kids
Who Was the Hair-Care Millionaire? Madam C. J. Walker
Lots of people dream of being a millionaire, but Madam C. J. Walker actually became one with her revolutionary hair care system. Learn about Madam…
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Economics
Black Business in the New South: A Social History of the NC Mutual LifeInsurance Company
At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the "world's largest Negro business." Located in…
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Sports
Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle
Writing especially for students in grades four through eight, Ruthe Winegarten and Sharon Kahn trace the history of black women from slavery until…
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Economics
The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System
“The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield …
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slavery
The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815–1860
Calvin Schermerhorn’s provocative study views the development of modern American capitalism through the window of the nineteenth-century interstate …
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women
The Power Playbook: Rules for Independence, Money and Success
The Power Playbook is the empowering guide to forging professional success, establishing financial independence, and finding balance for a truly sat…
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