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Author Callebert, Ralph, 1982- author.

Title On Durban's docks : Zulu workers, rural households, global labor / Ralph Callebert
Published Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages)
Series Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora.
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Stevedores -- South Africa -- Durban -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Stevedores -- South Africa -- Durban -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Labor -- South Africa -- Durban -- History -- 20th century
Zulu (African people) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Zulu (African people) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Rural-urban relations -- South Africa -- Durban
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Economic history
Labor
Rural-urban relations
Social conditions
Zulu (African people) -- Economic conditions
SUBJECT Durban (South Africa) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
Durban (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Subject South Africa -- Durban
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787441408
1787441407