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Collective courage : a history of African American cooperative economic thought and practice / Jessica Gordon Nembhard

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Gordon Nembhard, Jessica, 1956-
Published
University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xii, 311 pages ; 23 cm

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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.
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ISBN
9780271062167 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271062169 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271062174 (pbk.)
0271062177 (pbk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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