{"product_id":"lending-power-9780822369691","title":"Lending Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLending Power\u003c\/i\u003e is the compelling story of the nonprofit Center for Community Self-Help, a community-oriented and civil rights-based financial institution that has helped provide loans to those who lacked access to traditional financing while fighting for consumer protection for all Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLending Power\u003c\/i\u003e is Howard Covington’s uplifting and compelling account of a credit union that champions the underserved.... This is a positive, inspiring look at a socially conscious, soundly managed mission-driven organization.\" -- Barry Silverstein * Foreword Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"The book offers important perspectives on the Great Recession mortgage crisis.... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.\"\u003cbr\u003e   -- E. C. Erickson * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"The story not just of the rise of a radical credit union but also of its role in the community that shaped it, which saw it work with churches, civil rights activists, maverick philanthropists and city planners to deliver change. . . . Lively and absorbing....\" * Co-Op News *\u003cbr\u003e\"Howard Covington Jr.'s work provides an interesting and engaging description of Self-Help Credit Union and the CRL. . . . \u003ci\u003eLending Power\u003c\/i\u003e clearly provides an excellent example of social entrepreneurship that can provide valuable lessons for anyone working to accomplish a social objective.\" -- Stephen G. Morrissette * Business History Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"Covington’s account of an alternative model of banking, credit, and economic empowerment thus suggests both the historical and the political imperatives of excavating the voices who have long occupied the sidelines of debates about the organization of American capitalism. In this regard, \u003ci\u003eLending Power\u003c\/i\u003e is an important intervention.\" -- Alec Hickmott * Journal of Southern History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword \/ Darren Walker  vii\u003cbr\u003e 1. Self-Help Who?  1\u003cbr\u003e 2. A First Step  9\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Financial Institution  23\u003cbr\u003e 4. Turning Point  37\u003cbr\u003e 5. Innovation  49\u003cbr\u003e 6. An \"Aha\" Moment  63\u003cbr\u003e 7. \"We Did Not Have to Be Geniuses\"  71\u003cbr\u003e 8. \u003ci\u003eCy Pres\u003c\/i\u003e  85\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"Shit Disturbers\"  97\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Box of Rattlesnakes  117\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Emperor's Naked  131\u003cbr\u003e 12. \"We're Here Forever\"  147\u003cbr\u003e 13. Self-Help Federal—A National Institution  159\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Mission  175\u003cbr\u003e Final Notes  191\u003cbr\u003e Notes  195\u003cbr\u003e Index  205","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406106534231,"sku":"9780822369691","price":24.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822369691.jpg?v=1730494551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lending-power-9780822369691","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}