Chapter 2 Social Histories: The Weight of France in Martinique

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Part one: Groundings
6. Chapter 1 Elements 1
7. Chapter 2 Social Histories: The Weight of France in Martinique 17
8. Part two: Frameworks
9. Chapter 3 Cultural Economies: Relating Social Values to Economic Theory in Martinique 41
10. Chapter 4 Afro-Caribbean Identities: Postcolonial Tensions and Martinique’s Creole Débrouillard 81
11. Part three: Practices
12. Chapter 5 Adaptations of Cunning: The Changing Forms of Débrouillardism 117
13. Chapter 6 Opportunism by Class: The Profit and Status of Undeclared Work 151
14. Chapter 7 Women, Men, and Economic Practice: Different Routes to Autonomy and Status 177
15. Epilogue Imagining the Future of Creole Economics 209
16. Notes 215
17. Glossary 245
18. References Cited 247
19. Index 261