A History of Small Business in America

Fromthecolonialeratothepresentday，smallbusinesseshavebeenanintegralpartofAmericanlife.Firstpublishedin1991andnowthoroughlyrevisedandupdated，AHistoryofSmallBusinessinAmericaexploresthecentralbutever-changingroleplayedbysmallenterprisesinthenation'seconomic，political，andculturaldevelopment.Examiningsmallbusinessesinmanufacturing，sales，services，andfarming，ManselBlackfordarguesthatwhilesmallfirmshavealwaysbeenimportanttothenation'sdevelopment，theirsignificancehasvariedconsiderablyindifferenttimeperiodsandindifferentsegmentsofoureconomy.Throughout，herelatessmallbusinessdevelopmenttochangesinAmerica'soverallbusinessandeconomicsystemsandofferscomparisonsbetweenthegrowthofsmallbusinessintheUnitedStatestoitsdevelopmentinothercountries.Heplacesspecialemphasisontheimportanceofsmallbusinessdevelopmentforwomenandminorities.Uniqueinitsbreadth，thisbookprovidestheonlycomprehensiveoverviewofthesesignificanttopics.