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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Berghoff, Martmut//Uwe Spiekermann |
| Title, Analytic | Immigrant Entrepreneurship: The German-American Business Biography, 1720 to the Present. A GHI Research Project |
| Journal Title | Bulletin of the German Historical Institute |
| Date of Publication | Fall 2010 |
| Issue ID | 47 |
| Location in Work | 69-82, ill. |
| View Online | http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=964&Itemid=856 |
| ISSN | 1048-9134 |
| Abstract | The 'Immigrant Entrepreneurship' project will contribute to the ongoing effort to globalize American history or, more precisely, to situate the American past in a transnational framework. By analyzing the role of immigrant entrepreneurs in the formation--and continual reformation--of the American business elite from the early eighteenth century to the present day, the project will shed light on how a nation whose people claim a multitude of national and ethnic backgrounds grew together. Focusing on German immigrants, the project will utilize a wide range of source materials to provide biographical sketches as well as company histories, and will present the information free of charge online. All entries will attempt to include information on the following: reasons for migration; social origins; entrepreneurial sources (and the impact of counteracting forces such as nativism, anti-German sentiments, boycotts, and anti-Semitism in the U.S.); regional identities (either in the home country or in the U.S.); religion; comparative advantages; ethnic networks; Americanization; business strategies; typologies of entrepreneurs (related to levels of innovation); and change over time. |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Business & Industry/ German American/ History/ 18th century/ 19th century/ 20th century/ Biographies/ Research/ United States -- History |