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The Store in the Hood
A Century of Ethnic Business and Conflict
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2010
Summary
The Store in the Hood is a comprehensive study of conflicts between immigrant merchants and customers throughout the U.S. during the 20th century. From the lynchings of Sicilian immigrant merchants in the late 1800s, to the riots in L.A. following the acquittal of the police officers who beat Rodney King, to present-day Detroit, recurrent conflicts between immigrant business owners and their customers have disrupted the stability of American life. Devastating human lives, property and public order, these conflicts have been the subject of periodic investigations that are generally limited in scope and emphasize the outlooks and cultural practices of the involved groups as the root of most disputes.
This book develops a more nuanced understanding by exploring merchant/customer conflicts over the past hundred years across a wide range of ethnic groups and settings. Utilizing published research, official statistics, interviews, and ethnographic data collected from diverse locations, the book reveals how powerful groups and institutions have shaped the environments in which merchant/customer conflicts occur. These conflicts must be seen as products of the larger society's values, policies and structures, not solely as a consequence of actions by immigrants, the urban poor, and other marginal groups.
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Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-0623-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-0625-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
318
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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CONTENTS No access
PREFACE No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION No access Pages 1 - 16
CHAPTER 2. BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM 1900 UNTIL 1935 No access Pages 17 - 38
CHAPTER 3. IMMIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS’ RELATIONS WITH CUSTOMERS IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY No access Pages 39 - 66
CHAPTER 4. THE FATE OF MINORITY MERCHANTS DURING DEPRESSION AND WAR No access Pages 67 - 92
CHAPTER 5. GOVERNMENT POLICY, GHETTOS, AND MERCHANT-CUSTOMER CONFLICT AFTER WORLD WAR II No access Pages 93 - 122
CHAPTER 6. DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN IMMIGRANT BUSINESS OWNERS AND CUSTOMERS, 1970 TO 2005 No access Pages 123 - 154
CHAPTER 7. THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AS A SITE OF COMPETITION BETWEEN DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS AND ETHNIC MERCHANTS No access Pages 155 - 180
CHAPTER 8. ETHNIC MERCHANTS IN A BLACK MAJORITY CITY: THE CASE OF DETROIT No access Pages 181 - 228
CHAPTER 9. SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND MERCHANT-CUSTOMER CONFLICTS No access Pages 229 - 240
