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Urban Poverty in the Caribbean

French Martinique as a Social Laboratory

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. Michel S. Laguerre

    1. University of California, Berkeley, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Urban Poverty and Social Reproduction

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 1-20

  3. The Ecology of Urban Poverty

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 21-49

  4. The Urban Household as a Multi-Product Firm

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 50-76

  5. Domestic Workers

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 77-95

  6. The Grocery Store as an Exploitative Niche

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 96-112

  7. Savings Associations

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 113-140

  8. Immigrant Households as Overseas Subsidiaries

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 141-157

  9. Concluding Remarks

    • Michel S. Laguerre
    Pages 158-168

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-181
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In this book on urban poverty in the Caribbean, Michel S. Laguerre presents a detailed analysis of the phenomenon in urban Martinique. He argues that the national structure of inequality finds its myriad expressions in the urban environment. Not only does the city provide the ideological back-up - and the locus where elite ideologies are produced and reproduced - but also the men and women who occupy the positions that sustain the inequality structure. The city serves then as an arena where inequality and poverty are daily manufactured.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Michel S. Laguerre

About the author

MICHEL S. LAGUERRE is Professor of Social Anthropology and Afro-American Studies and a Member of the Executive Committee of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California at Berkeley.

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