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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226775305
ISBN-139780226775302
eBay Product ID (ePID)2213913
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMoney Has No Smell : the Africanization of New York City
Publication Year2002
SubjectIslamic Studies, Globalization, Commerce, Sociology / Urban, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics
AuthorPaul Stoller
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-053384
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal305.896/607471
Table Of ContentPrologue: Money Has No Smell 1. A Slow Afternoon at the Harlem Market 2. Urban Intersections/Existential Crossroads 3. The Way of the Jaguar 4. African/Asian/Uptown/Downtown 5. Afrocentric Marketing 6. Regulating Urban Life 7. The Spatial Politics of African Trading in Harlem 8. City Life Epilogue: Issifi's Path Notes References Index
SynopsisIn February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In Money Has No Smell , Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of the complex lives of West African immigrants like Diallo, a portrait based on years of research Stoller conducted on the streets of New York City during the 1990s. Blending fascinating ethnographic description with incisive social analysis, Stoller shows how these savvy West African entrepreneurs have built cohesive and effective multinational trading networks, in part through selling a simulated Africa to African Americans. These and other networks set up by the traders, along with their faith as devout Muslims, help them cope with the formidable state regulations and personal challenges they face in America. As Stoller demonstrates, the stories of these West African traders illustrate and illuminate ongoing debates about globalization, the informal economy, and the changing nature of American communities.
LC Classification NumberF128.9.A24S76 2002
