Open for business in the black metropolis: Race, disadvantage, and entrepreneurial activity in Chicago's inner city

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 35-57

  Herring, Cedric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 18444362438     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-004-1009-z     Document Type: Article

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