Sovereign entrepreneurs : Cherokee small-business owners and the making of economic sovereignty / Courtney Lewis.
| Author/creator | Lewis, Courtney author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] |
| Description | xiii, 290 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical indigeneities Critical indigeneities. ^A1325681 |
| Contents | "Economic identities : conceptions and practices -- Tourism : "Where are the Indians?" -- Bounding American Indian businesses -- Pillars of sovereignty : the case for small businesses in economic development -- Governmental support for Indianpreneurs : challenges and conflicts." |
| Abstract | "[A] study of small businesses and small business owners who are members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI). The EBCI has an especially long history of incorporated, citizen-owned businesses located on their reservation. Many people stop with casinos or natural-resource intensive enterprise when they think of Indigenous-owned businesses, but on Qualla Boundary today, Indigenous entrepreneurship and economic independence extends to art galleries, restaurants, a bookstore, a funeral parlor, and more. Lewis's fieldwork followed these businesses before and after the Great Recession, and against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Cherokee-owned casino. From this source base, Lewis reveals how these EBCI businesses have contributed to an economic sovereignty that empowers and sustains their nation both culturally and politically. This is a generative concept that helps to define what a distinctly Indigenous form of entrepreneurship looks like"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2018024858 |
| ISBN | 9781469648583 hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 146964858X hardcover alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 9781469648590 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469648598 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E99 .C5 L397 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |