41 records matched your query       

Author:

Harris, LaShawn, 1974- author.

Title:

Sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners : black women in New York City's underground economy / LaShawn Harris.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

African American women--History--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Under-the-table employment--New York--New York--History--20th century.
Informal sector (Economics)--New York--New York--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

Series:

The new Black studies series

ISBN:

0252081668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252081668 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252040201 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252040207 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)934382661

LCCN:

2015041914

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)