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Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal - Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism Shennette Garrett-Scott
Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal - Columbia Studies in the History of U.S. Capitalism
Shennette Garrett-Scott
Shennette Garrett-Scott explores black financial innovation and its transformative impact on U. S. capitalism through the story of the St. Luke Bank in Richmond, Virginia: the first and only bank run by black women. Banking on Freedom offers an unparalleled account of how black women carved out economic, social, and political power.
288 pages, 17 illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 7, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231183901 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 21 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |