Introduction: Dock workers in South African history -- Dock workers and the city, 1910s to 1950s -- One head of cattle named Salt, another named Beans: livelihood strategies in the 1950s -- Work and life between the city and the countryside -- My children never went to bed hungry: gender, households, and reproductive labor -- Cleaning the wharves: pilferage, bribery, and informal trade -- Buffaloes on Noah's ark: reimagining working-class history -- Conclusion: Durban's dock workers in global perspective
Summary
Offers a new approach to the study of labor on the subcontinent and globally, questioning the relevance of the predominant wage labor paradigm for Africa and the Global South