Dream books and gamblers : Black women's work in Chicago's policy game /

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"Ubiquitous illegal lotteries known as policy flourished in Chicago's Black community during the overlapping waves of the Great Migration. Policy "queens" owned stakes in lucrative operations while women writers and clerks canvased the neighborhood, passed out winnings, and kept...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schlabach, Elizabeth Schroeder (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2022]
Temas:
1900-1999
Lotteries > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Women, Black > Illinois > Chicago > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Women, Black > Illinois > Chicago > Social conditions > 20th century.
Informal sector (Economics) > Chicago > History > 20th century.
Loteries > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes noires > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Femmes noires > Illinois > Chicago > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / General
Informal sector (Economics)
Lotteries
Women, Black > Economic conditions
Women, Black > Social conditions
Illinois > Chicago
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The best job I ever had"
  • Chicago's first policy queens
  • Chicago's most famous policy queen
  • Dream books, fortune-tellers, and mediumship
  • What arrest records reveal
  • Legal strategies for policy women

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