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Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy.
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Preface Joan SmithColonialismJoan SmithDevelopment EconomicsEconomic DevelopmentAfrican DiasporaHistorical SociologyEconomic HistorySocial SciencesMexico Lanny ThompsonUrban SocietyAfrican American StudiesHousehold FinanceUrban HistoryEconomic InequalityEconomicsSocio-economic ChangeHousehold LaborWorld Economic HistoryAfrican American SlaverySociologyBusinessHousehold Economics
Preface Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein 1. Household as an institution of the world-economy Immanuel Wallerstein and Joan Smith 2. The United States Kathie Friedman Kasada (a) The Detroit Story: the crucible of Fordism Kathleen Stanley and Joan Smith (b) New York City: the underside of the world's capital Kathie Friedman Kasada (c) Binghamton: the secrets of a backwater Randall H. McGuire and Cynthia Woodsong (d) Puerto Rico: from colony to colony Maria Del Carmen Baega 3. Mexico Lanny Thompson (a) Mexico City: the slow rise of wage-centered households Lanny Thompson (b) Central Mexico: the decline of subsistence and the rise of poverty Lanny Thompson 4. Southern Africa Mark Beittel (a) The Witwatersrand: black households, white households Mark Beittel (b) Lesotho: the creation of the households William G. Martin 5. Core-periphery and household structures Immanuel Wallerstein and Joan Smith Postscript on method Joan Smith and Jamie Sudler Bibliography.