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On Durban's docks : Zulu workers, rural households, global labor /

Offers a new approach to the study of labor on the subcontinent and globally, questioning the relevance of the predominant wage labor paradigm for Africa and the Global South.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Callebert, Ralph, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Dock workers in South African history
  • Dock workers and the city, 1910s to 1950s
  • One head of cattle named Salt, another named Beans: livelihood strategies in the 1950s
  • Work and life between the city and the countryside
  • My children never went to bed hungry: gender, households, and reproductive labor
  • Cleaning the wharves: pilferage, bribery, and informal trade
  • Buffaloes on Noah's ark: reimagining working-class history
  • Conclusion: Durban's dock workers in global perspective.