The Black Social Economy in the Americas Exploring Diverse Community

This pioneering book explores the meaning of the term “Black social economy,” a self-help sector that remains autonomous from the state and business sectors. With the Western Hemisphere’s ignoble history of enslavement and violence towards African peoples

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T H E B L AC K S O C I A L E C O N O M Y IN THE AMERICAS

E X P L O R I N G D I V E R S E C O M M U N I T YBASED MARKETS EDITED BY

CAROLINE SHENAZ HOSSEIN

Perspectives from Social Economics

Series Editor Mark D. White City University of New York College of Staten Island Staten Island, New York, USA

The Perspectives from Social Economics series incorporates an explicit ethical component into contemporary economic discussion of important policy and social issues, drawing on the approaches used by social economists around the world. It also allows social economists to develop their own frameworks and paradigms by exploring the philosophy and methodology of social economics in relation to orthodox and other heterodox approaches to economics. By furthering these goals, this series will expose a wider readership to the scholarship produced by social economists, and thereby promote the more inclusive viewpoints, especially as they concern ethical analyses of economic issues and methods. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14556

Caroline Shenaz Hossein Editor

The Black Social Economy in the Americas Exploring Diverse Community-Based Markets

Editor Caroline Shenaz Hossein York University Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Perspectives from Social Economics ISBN 978-1-137-60278-7    ISBN 978-1-137-60047-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-60047-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017952343 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Katya Ulitina / Alamy Stock Vector Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.

This book is dedicated to Guyanese-American scholar D