Sovereign Entrepreneurs

By 2009, reverberations of economic crisis spread from the US around the globe. As corporations folded, however, small businesses on the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians continued to thrive. In this ethnographic study, Courtney Lewis reveals the critical roles small businesses such as these play for Indigenous nations.

Pana in 2009, reverberatiile crizei economice s-au raspandit din SUA pe tot globul. Pe masura ce corporatiile s-au retras, totusi, intreprinderile mici de la Granita Qualla a Bandei de Est a Indienilor Cherokee au continuat sa prospere.