Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City

by Paul Stoller

Book Overview

In February 1999 the tragic New York City police shooting of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed street vendor from Guinea, brought into focus the existence of West African merchants in urban America. In Money Has No Smell, Paul Stoller offers us a more complete portrait of the complex lives of West African immigrants like Diallo, a portrait based on years of research Stoller conducted on the streets of New York City during the 1990s.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226775305
• ISBN13: 9780226775302
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book for African/ African-American studies.

This book was assigned as part of a senior seminar in African and African-American Studies at my university. This ethnographic work is fascinating and perfect for understanding connections between Africans and African-Americans, as well as explorations regarding globalization.