In this wide-ranging study Stephen Foster explores Puritanism in England and America from its roots in the Elizabethan era to the end of the seventeenth century

From the colonial era to the present day, small businesses have been an integral part of American life. First published in 1991 and now thoroughly revised and u

The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visi

At the turn of the century, the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company became the "world's largest Negro business." Located in Durham, North Carolina, whi

Generally, books addressing the early history of African American banks have done so either within the larger construct of African American business history and