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

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

"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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Main Author: Harris, LaShawn, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016
Series:New Black studies series.
Subjects:
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.
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