Retail Enterprise on the U.S. Urban Periphery
The Role of Immigrant Ethnic Groups in the Late-19th Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11669774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R L Boyd (0000-0001-8729-7430, Mississippi State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 682-701 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.28.7.682 |
| OpenAlex | W1967241736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 19 |
This research adds to knowledge about ethnic entrepreneurship in U.S. cities by testing the hypothesis that, in the late-19th century, levels of retail enterprise of entrepreneurial ethnic groups (e.g., Russian and Polish Jews) were highest in the most remote locations of the nation's urban-regional hierarchy. This hypothesis is based on the proposition that (1) "gateway cities" in the hinterlands of a society are bustling centers of commerce that offer unusually good prospects for retail enterprise, and (2) ethnic groups that are richly endowed with entrepreneurial resources can most fully exploit the advantages of such locations. An analysis of census data, guided by the "interactionist approach" to the study of entrepreneurship, supports this hypothesis and advances the literature on the ethnic economy by suggesting that a city's position in an urban-regional hierarchy (i.e., core vs. peripheral location) is a key element of the opportunity structure for ethnic entrepreneurship in that city
Archaeology · Art · Civil engineering · Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Industrial city · Industrial zone · Late 19th century · Period (music · Political science · Urban geography · Urban planning · Engineering · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Taxation and Compliance Studies
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| Citations per year | 0.63 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |