Umfang:
1 online resource (309 pages)
ISBN:
9780807868201
Serie:
The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Series on Business, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy Ser
Inhalt:
Late 19th-century San Francisco was a booming marketplace in which some women stepped beyond their roles as wives, caregivers, and homemakers to start businesses that combined family concerns with money-making activities. Edith Sparks traces the experiences of these women entrepreneurs, exploring who they were, why they started businesses, how they attracted customers and managed finances, and how they dealt with failure. Using a unique sample of bankruptcy records, credit reports, advertisements, city directories, census reports, and other sources, Sparks argues that women were competitive, economic actors, strategizing how best to capitalize on their skills in the marketplace.
Inhalt:
Cover Page -- CAPITAL INTENTIONS -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 FEMALE PROPRIETORS AND THE BUSINESSES THEY STARTED -- CHAPTER 2 WHY SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN STARTED BUSINESSES -- CHAPTER 3 HOW WOMEN STARTED BUSINESSES -- CHAPTER 4 WHAT IT TOOK TO DRAW CUSTOMERS -- CHAPTER 5 WOMEN AS FINANCIAL MANAGERS -- CHAPTER 6 WHEN WOMEN WENT OUT OF BUSINESS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX 1 NOTE ON SOURCES -- APPENDIX 2 FIGURES AND TABLES -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780807830611
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780807830611
Sprache:
Englisch
