Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction: Dock Workers in South African History 1
7. 1 Dock Workers and the City, 1910s to 1950s 20
8. 2 One Head of Cattle Named Salt, Another Named Beans: Livelihood Strategies in the 1950s 46
9. 3 Work and Life between the City and the Countryside 67
10. 4 My Children Never Went to Bed Hungry: Gender, Households, and Reproductive Labor 86
11. 5 Cleaning the Wharves: Pilferage, Bribery, and Informal Trade 110
12. 6 Buffaloes on Noah’s Ark: Reimagining Working-Class History 126
13. Conclusion: Durban’s Dock Workers in Global Perspective 152
14. Epilogue 165
15. Notes 169
16. Glossary 199
17. Bibliography 201
18. Index 229