Sex workers, psychics, and numbers runners : black women in New York City's underground economy / LaShawn Harris.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:New Black studies series.
Main Author: Harris, LaShawn, 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
Series:New Black studies series.
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Genre:
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:ix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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