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Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American Dream

Zulema Valdez
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Accidental Entrepreneurs
American Business Sector
American Dream
American Dream Ideology
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Business Dynamism
Business Ownership
Case Western Reserve University
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Co-ethnic Kin
critical sociology analysis
Disadvantaged Social Location
economic stratification
Entrepreneurs
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Ethnic Minority Business Owners
Full Time Wage Work
gendered labor markets
Household Economic Security
immigrant economic integration
Job Destroyers
Juvenile Justice Outcomes
Kim Son
Latino Entrepreneurs
Mexican Immigrant Women
minority entrepreneurship research
National Entrepreneurs
Necessity Entrepreneurs
Net Job Creation
Opportunity Entrepreneurs
Partner Account Manager
Social Class
Social Group Formations
social mobility barriers
Sociology of Work
structural inequality in entrepreneurship
Taco Trucks
Total Early Stage Entrepreneurial Activity
Winddance Twine
Young Man
Zulema Valdez

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138648593
  • Weight: 317g
  • Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Nov 2015
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Description

The book's central focus explores several "myths" associated with American entrepreneurship: the idea that small business owners are "job creators"; that entrepreneurs are the "backbone" or "engine" of the economy; that entrepreneurship provides a path of economic mobility for immigrants, ethnic and racial minorities, and women; that the Horatio Algiers "rags to riches" story is possible for anyone willing to work hard. Instead, I provide a critical perspective that challenges these myths of American enterprise, arguing that successful entrepreneurship requires access to social and economic capital resources and support that are often distributed along the lines of race, class, and gender in the highly stratified American economy and society.

About Zulema Valdez
Zulema Valdez is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. Her interests include intersectionality, Latino/a Sociology, and social inequality. She is the author of The New Entrepreneurs: How Race, Class and Gender Shape American Enterprise　(Stanford, 2011).

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