The Business Strategy of Booker T. Washington : University Press of Florida : 9780813041711 : 0813041716 : 30 Apr 2012 : "A fresh reassessment of one of the most powerful black men in American history. This book will help reshape the prism through which the life, work, strategy, and contributions of Booker T. Washington are examined."--David H. Jackson Jr., author of A Chief Lieutenant of the Tuskegee Machine "Although scholars and lay persons alike most often think of Washington as an educator, this impressive text reveals that his business ideas and practices have had a much greater and longer impact on Americans, especially African Americans."--Kenneth Hamilton, Southern Methodist University Michael Boston offers a radical departure from other interpretations of Booker T. Washington by focusing on the latter's business ideas and practices.   More specifically, Boston examines Washington as an entrepreneur, spelling out his business philosophy at great length and discussing the inf