Vanderbilt University Press
Higglers in Kingston: Women's Informal Work in Jamaica
Key Metrics
- Winnifred Brown-Glaude
- Vanderbilt University Press
- Paperback
- 9780826517661
- 9.02 X 5.98 X 0.55 inches
- 0.79 pounds
- Political Science > Labor & Industrial Relations
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
In Higglers in Kingston, Winnifred Brown-Glaude puts the reader on the ground in frenetic urban Kingston, the capital and largest city in Jamaica. She explores the lives of informal market laborers, called higglers, across the city as they navigate a corrupt and inaccessible official Jamaican economy. But rather than focus merely on the present-day situation, she contextualizes how Jamaica arrived at this point, delving deep into the island's history as a former colony, a home to slaves and masters alike, and an eventual nation of competing and conflicted racial sectors.
Higglers in Kingston weaves together contemporary ethnography, economic history, and sociology of race to address a broad audience of readers on a crucial economic and cultural center.
Author Bio
Winnifred Brown-Glaude is an associate professor in the departments of African American studies and sociology & anthropology at the College of New Jersey.
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