Sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners : Black women in New York City's underground economy /

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"During the early twentieth century, a diverse group of African American women carved out unique niches for themselves within New York City's expansive informal economy. LaShawn Harris illuminates the labor patterns and economic activity of three perennials within this kaleidoscope of unde...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harris, LaShawn, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Colección:New Black studies series.
Temas:
1900-1999
African American women > Employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Under-the-table employment > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Informal sector (Economics) > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Noires américaines > Travail > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travail au noir > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Secteur informel (Économie politique) > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Prostitution & Sex Trade.
African American women > Employment
Informal sector (Economics)
Under-the-table employment
New York (State) > New York
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Black women, urban labor, and New York's informal economy
  • Madame queen of policy: Stephanie St. Clair, Harlem's numbers racket, and community advocacy
  • Black women supernatural consultants, numbers gambling, and public outcries against supernaturalism
  • 'I have my own room on 139th street": black women and the urban sex economy
  • "Decent and god-fearing men and women' are restricted to these districts": community activism against urban vice and informal labor.

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