Business in Bim
Subtitle: a business history of Barbados, 1900-2000
By: Henderson Carter.
Publisher: Ian Randle
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Kingston; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9789766373481; 9789766373108
Subjects: Business enterprises -- Barbados -- 20th century; Business failures -- Barbados -- 20th century; Business -- History -- Barbados -- 20th Century; Barbados -- Economic conditions -- 20th Century
Description: This book chronicles the evolution of business in Barbados from the era when sugar cane cultivation and its processing dominated the economic, political and social life of the island through to the present. It shows how the decline of the sugar industry created opportunities for the emergence of a new merchant class which comprised mainly of black business entrepreneurs. The successes of this new merchant class can be seen in the creation of a prominent commercial centre which remains a vital part of the capital, Bridgetown.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: The business environment in 1900; title: The business sector in Barbados 1900-40; title: An era of opportunity, 1940-65; title: The impact of government policy on the business sector; title: Challenge and change for the business community, 1940-90; title: Business under pressure; title: The failure of some black businesses; title: The survivors; title: Business in the age of globalization.