Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is Professor of Literacy Studies at the College of Education Health and Human Services at Kent State University. In 2009, her book Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters won the American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG’s Outstanding Book Award.

“Joanne Kilgour Dowdy’s book extends the popular concept of entrepreneurship to include the cultural and social histories and communities of practice that support economic growth and well-being. Through the life stories and case studies of immigrant business women from the Caribbean, we learn how literacies emerge from their network of labor practices. The women in this book teach us how through their businesses they achieve social, cultural, and economic transformation for themselves and within society. The book offers new insights for workplace and vocational education, adult literacy studies, and immigrant studies.”—Rebecca Rogers, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Missouri–St. Louis

• List of Tables – The Businesswomen from Trinidad: "Hucksters and Higglers" – Maria’s Mountain – Gee and Her Floral Arranging Life – Gina’s Party of a Lifetime – Nadine’s Publishing Pyramid – Fona’s Community Book Club Business Is as Business Does – Index.

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is Professor of Literacy Studies at the College of Education Health and Human Services at Kent State University. In 2009, her book Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters won the American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG’s Outstanding Book Award.

“Joanne Kilgour Dowdy’s book extends the popular concept of entrepreneurship to include the cultural and social histories and communities of practice that support economic growth and well-being. Through the life stories and case studies of immigrant business women from the Caribbean, we learn how literacies emerge from their network of labor practices. The women in this book teach us how through their businesses they achieve social, cultural, and economic transformation for themselves and within society. The book offers new insights for workplace and vocational education, adult literacy studies, and immigrant studies.”—Rebecca Rogers, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Missouri–St. Louis

• List of Tables – The Businesswomen from Trinidad: "Hucksters and Higglers" – Maria’s Mountain – Gee and Her Floral Arranging Life – Gina’s Party of a Lifetime – Nadine’s Publishing Pyramid – Fona’s Community Book Club Business Is as Business Does – Index.

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy is Professor of Literacy Studies at the College of Education Health and Human Services at Kent State University. In 2009, her book Ph.D. Stories: Conversations with My Sisters won the American Educational Research Association Narrative and Research SIG’s Outstanding Book Award.

“Joanne Kilgour Dowdy’s book extends the popular concept of entrepreneurship to include the cultural and social histories and communities of practice that support economic growth and well-being. Through the life stories and case studies of immigrant business women from the Caribbean, we learn how literacies emerge from their network of labor practices. The women in this book teach us how through their businesses they achieve social, cultural, and economic transformation for themselves and within society. The book offers new insights for workplace and vocational education, adult literacy studies, and immigrant studies.”—Rebecca Rogers, Professor of Literacy Studies, University of Missouri–St. Louis

• List of Tables – The Businesswomen from Trinidad: "Hucksters and Higglers" – Maria’s Mountain – Gee and Her Floral Arranging Life – Gina’s Party of a Lifetime – Nadine’s Publishing Pyramid – Fona’s Community Book Club Business Is as Business Does – Index.