Books & Book Reviews

This listing is not exhaustive, but is provided as a place to start for serious scholars or people who may be interested in specific issues related to street markets and the informal sector.Please help expand this listing by telling us about other books, chapters or articles about street vending, street markets and related issues. The book or article doesn't have to be new and if you can write a brief review it doesn't have to be formal or even very polished (I can correct spelling and grammar).Include the full title, name of author(s), publisher and place and year of publication, and where possible the ISBN number and cost. Also, feel free to comment on books that are already posted (we will add your comments to those we have), and to send in a review on work you have done yourself. As the list of books gets larger, we will divide the list into categories and/or put in a search engine.
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Bibliography of Books, Articles & Chapters

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Aliefendioglu, Hanife (summary) AKÇAKOCA PEASANT MARKET AS A PUBLIC SPACE AND MARKET WOMEN, PhD Dissertation Anthropology Department, Hacettepe University, Turkey. 2000. 

Austin, Regina (1994). "An Honest Living: Street Vendors, Municipal Regulation, and the Black Public Sphere." Yale Law Journal, June, pp. 2119-2131.

Babb, Florence E. Between Field and Cooking Pot : The Political Economy of Marketwomen in Peru  $17.95 1998, 2/e; Univ of Texas Pr; ISBN: 029270870X

Balkin, Steven (1989). Self-Employment for Low Income People. New York: Praeger-Greenwood.

Balkin, Steven (1995). "Vendors Help Pave Streets With Green." Chicago Sun Times. June 30. p. 30.

Balkin, et. al. (1993). The Benefits of a Public Street Market: The Case of Maxwell Street. Working Paper 93-4. Roosevelt University - Department of Economics. Chicago.

Balkin, Steve and Alfonso Morales (full text) www.openair.org: Linking Street Vendors to the Internet," International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

Bangasser, Paul (full text) The ILO and the informal sector: an institutional history. Employment Paper 2000/9. International Labour Office. ISBN 92-2-112243-37. 

Bawley, Dan (1982) The Subterranean Economy McGraw Hill Book Company  ISBN 0-07-004153-9

Berkow, Ira (1977). Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. New York: Doubleday.

Bromley, Ray (1998?). "Street Vendors, Public Policies, and Private Initiatives: A Global Review". Landscape and Urban Planning.

Buechler, Hans C., and Judith-Maria BuechlerThe World of Sofía Velasquez: The Autobiography of a Bolivian Market $19.50 1996 Columbia Univ Pr; ISBN: 0231104677

Clark, Gracia Onions Are My Husband : Survival and Accumulation by West African Market Women. $26.00 1994 University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 0226107809

Clothia, Farouk (full text) "Now Women Traders in Durban Fight For Their Rights" in Electronic Mail & Guardian. (1994).

Community Food Security Coalition Hot Peppers and Parking Lot Peaches: Evaluating Farmer's Markets in Low Income Communities. 1999.

Cross, John (full text) "Development NGOs, the State and Neo-Liberalism: Competition, Partnership or Co-Conspiracy?" (Published in Proceedings of the Fourth Annual AUC Research Conference. Office of Graduate Studies and Research, The American University in Cairo. July 1997).

Cross, John (full text) "Introduction to special issue on street vending in the modern world," in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

Cross, John (full text) "Street Vendors, Modernity and Postmodernity: Conflict and Compromise in the Global Economy." in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #1/2. 2000. 

Cross, John. (summary) Informal Politics: Street Vendors and the State in Mexico City. Stanford University Press, Stanford. 1998.

Cross, John (1995). (full text) Taking Street Vendors off the Streets: Historical Parallels in Mexico City. Paper. American University in Cairo.

Cross, John (full text) 25 original papers available at Informal Cyberspace.

Cutsinger, Loran (full text) "Tips of the Trade: Street Vendors and the State in Barbados, West Indies" in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

De Soto, Hernando (1989). The Other Path: The Invisible Revolution in the Third World. New York: Harper and Row.

Dewar, David and Watson, Vanessa (1990). Urban Markets: Developing Informal Retailing. London: Routledge.

Diaz-Knauf, Katherine et.al. (1992). "A comparison of produce prices in Costa Rica: farmer's markets, produce markets and supermarkets." Journal of Consumer Studies and Home Economics. pp. 109-117.

Eastwood, Carolyn (1993). Municipal Regulation of Street Vendors: The Chicago Case. Ph.D. Dissertation - University of Illinois at Chicago.

Eastwood, Carolyn (1995). The Demise of an urban market: does it matter? who cares? Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Central States Anthropological Society. March.

Editor-Chicago Tribune (1995). "Don't push the street vendors out." Chicago Tribune. September 30. p.20.

Esim, Simel(full text) "Follow up to the Workshop on Women Home-based Workers in Turkey" International Center for Research on Women. Washington, D.C. February 2000.

Eschan, David (1996) Economic Reform and the Poor in Africa  Oxford University Press New York  ISBN O-19-829035-7

Fluitman, Fred (Ed.) Training for work in the informal sector. ILO, Geneva. 1989.

Gaber, John (1994). "Manhattan's 14th Street Vendors' Market: Informal Street Peddlers' Complementary Relationship With New York City's Economy." Urban Anthropology. Vol 23, no. 4. pp. 373-408.

Geertz, Clifford. Peddlers and Princes: Social Change and Economic Modernization in Two Indonesian Towns. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 1963.

Girma, Kibbebe.  State and Development in Ethiopia. Humanities Press International New Jersey 1992. ISBN 0-391-0-37315

Grierson, John.Where There Is No Job: Vocational Training for Self-employment in Developing Countries, 81 pp., co-published by: Swiss Centre for Development Cooperation in Technology and Management, (SKAT), University of Edinburgh, Centre of African Studies, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). 1997. Reviewed by Jean-Claude Lorin.

Harris, Phil. London Markets. Cadogan Guides, London. 1996, 1999. ISBN: 1860110401

Highsmith, Carol M. and Holton, James L. (1994). Reading Terminal and Market. Washington, D.C.: Chelsea Pub. Co..

Hilchey, Duncan et.al. (1995). Farmers' Markets and Rural Economic Development. Report from the Farming Alternatives Program at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Hoppers, Wim. 'The Promotion of self-employment in education and training institutions: Perspectives in East and Southern Africa". Discussion Paper (draft).  ILO, Geneva. 1994.

Horn, Nancy E. Cultivating Customers : Market Women in Harare, Zimbabwe 1994 Lynne Rienner Publishers; ISBN: 155587472X (out of print but still in libraries)

International Center for Research on Women (full text) "Home-based Work in Turkey: Issues and Strategies for Organizing." January 2000.

Jagannathan, Vijay Informal Markets in Developing Countries  1987 Oxford University Press  ISBN 0-19-504088-0

Jordan, George E. (1992). "125th Street Battle: It's a turf war, shopkeepers against the street vendors." New York Newsday. December 21. pp. 6 and 25.

Johnson, Denny N. and Bragg, Errol R. (1994). 1994 National Farmers' Market Directory. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Government Printing Office.

Jones, Yvonne (1988). "Street Peddlers as Entrepreneurs: Economic Adaption to an Urban Area." Urban Anthropology. pp.143-170.

Kapchan, Deborah A. Gender on the Market : Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition $19.95 1996 University of Pennsylvania Press; ISBN: 0812214269

King, Kenneth. Jua Kali Kenya: Change and development in an informal economy: 1970-1995.  James Currey, Oxford.  Paperback - 256 pages (28 March, 1996) James Currey Publishers; ISBN: 0852552394. 1996.

Krogsdam, Lars. Pieces of Informality: An Inquiry into the Informal Sector in Venezuela. Master's Thesis, Department of intercultural communication and management, Copenhagen Business School. November 2000.

Lasso, Pablo (2000) (full text) "EL COMERCIO INFORMAL EN PAISES DE AMERICA (The Informal Commerce in Latin America)". In Mercado Tecnica Año 3, Epoca 1, Número 16, Marzo del 2000.

Lasso, Pablo (full text) (2000) "El Comercio Informal: Diversas aproximaciones al ambulantaje en México" (Informal Commerce: Various Estimations of street vending in Mexico) In Mercado Tecnica Año 3, Epoca 1, Número 17, Mayo del 2000.

Lasso, Pablo (full text) (2000) "El Comercio Informal: Organización interna y reglamentos" (Informal Commerce: Internal Organization and regulations) in Mercado Tecnica Año 3, Epoca 1, Numero 18, Julio del 2000.

Lasso, Pablo & Martinez, Victor (full text) (2000) "El Comercio Informal: Cuotas y cuantificación" (Informal Commerce: Fees and Quantification) in Mercado Tecnica Año 3, Epoca 1, Numero 19, Septiembre del 2000.

Lederman, Robert (full text) Why New York City Is Arresting Artists (1993).

Light, Ivan and Rosenstein, Carolyn (1995). Race, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship in Urban America. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Lund, Francie, Jillian Nicholson & Carolyn Skinner Street Trading. School of evelopment Studies, University of Natal, Durban.

Lund, Francie and Smita SrinivasLearning from Experience: A gendered approach to social protection for workers in the informal economy ILO and WIEGO. 2000.

Lund, Larry et. al. (1989). The Future of the Maxwell Street Market. Report of the Urban Land Institute Community Assistance Panel.

Maliyamkono and Bagachua The Second Economy of Tanzania 1990. ISBN 0-85255-122-3

Mavundla, Lawrence with Mehlaleng Mosotho.Freedom to be Enterprising: The Informal Economic Agenda. Pavement Books, Johannesburg. 1991

McGee, T. G. Hawkers in Hong Kong. Center for Asian Studies Monographs & Occasional Papers, No. 17. University of Hong Kong. 1973.

Morales, Alfonso (full text) "Peddling Policy: Street vending in historical and contemporary perspective," in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

Morales, Alfonso (1993). Making Money at the Market: The Social and Economic Logic of Informal Markets. Ph.D. Dissertation - Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.

Morales, Alfonso, et.al. (1995). (summary) "The Value of Benefits of a Public Street Market: The Case of Maxwell Street". Economic Development Quarterly, November, pp. 304-330. (Includes Responses by Rhoda Halperin and Vim Wiewel, and Rejoinder by authors.)

Muray, Alison J. No Money, No Honey: a study of Street traders and prostitutes in Jakarta, Oxform Univ. Press, NY. 1991

Nesvag, Stein I. (full text) "Street Trading from Apartheid to Post-Apartheid: More Birds in the Cornfield?" in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

O'Neill, Molly (1994). "A City's Dreams Go to Market: Fresh from Farms: hope and renewal." New York Times. August 17. pp. C1 and C6.

Pasternak, Jack (1975). The Kitchner Market Fight. Toronto: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Company.

Perez, Juan Pablo   From the Finca to the Maquila.

Plattner, Stuart (1989). "Chapter 7: Markets and Marketplaces." in Economic Anthropology, pp. 171-208, ed. by S. Plattner. Stanford: CA: Stanford U. Press.

Portes, Alejandro and R. Schauffler (full text) The Informal Economy in Latin America: Def., Measurement & Policies, Program In Comparative International Development Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA. Working Paper #5. 1992.

Portes, Alejandro, Manuel Castells and Lauren A. Benton, (Eds.) (1989) The Informal Economy: Studies in advanced and less developed countries. The Johns Hopkins University Press.  Baltimore, USA.

Rakowski, Cathy (ed).Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America. SUNY Series in Power and Political Economy 1994. Reviewed by Terri Place.

Reine, J.J. You Can Make Big Money In Flea Market Sales. 1999. Review by JJ Reine.

Roener, Michael and Christine Jones (1991)  Markets in Developing Countries: Parallel, Fragmented and Black  International Center for Economic Growth. ISBN 1-55825

Tanzi, Vito The Underground Economy in the United States and Abroad Lexington Books. 1982. ISBN 0-669-04400-8

Sargent, Greg and Spiegler, Marc. (1995). "Street Peddlin' Blues: In a Battle over Urban Space, Cities Drive a Hard Bargain on Street Vendors." The Metropolis. January, pp. 25-29.

Shorett, Alice (1982). The Pike Place Market: People, Politics and Produce. Seattle: Pacific Search Press.

Simon, Carl P. and Ann D. WhiteBeating the System: The Underground Economy in the United States  Auburn House Publishing Company. Boston . 1982. ISBN 0-86569-105-3

Sommer, Robert (1989). "Farmers' Markets as Community Events." in Public Places and Spaces, ed. by I Altman and E. Zube. New York: Plenum.

Sommer, Robert and Raudsepp, Maaris (1991). "The Estonian Turg and the California Certified Farmers' Market." California Agriculture. Vol 45, no.1, pp. 16-18.

South African Government (full text) Promoting Local Markets: An Excerpt from South Africa's Rural Development Strategy of the Government of National Unity, Pretoria, 12 October 1995.

Spitzer, Theodore M. , et. al. (1994). Public Markets and Community Revitalization. Washington, D.C.: Urban Land Institute.

Staudt, Kathleen (1998?). "Struggles Over Urban Space: Street Vendors in El Paso and Juarez." Urban Affairs Quarterly.

Staudt, Kathleen. Free Trade? Informal Economies at the U.S.-Mexico Border. Temple University Press, Philadelphia. 1998. Reviewed by Terri Place

Stearns, Katherine and Otero, Maria (1990). The Critical Connection: Governments, Private Institutions, and the Informal Sector in Latin America. Cambridge, MA: ACCION International Discussion Paper Series, Document No. 3.

Stevens, Michelle (1995). "The Problem with Peddling Laws." Chicago Sun Times. September 18. p.21.

Tangires, Helen "The Country Connection: Farmers' Markets in the Public Eye," Pennsylvania Heritage, vol. 24, Fall 1998, pp. 4-11.

Tangires, Helen "Feeding the Cities: Public Markets and Municipal Reform in the Progressive Era," Prologue, vol. 29, Spring 1997, 16-26.

Tangires, Helen "American Lunch Wagons," Journal of American Culture, vol. 13, Summer 1990, 91-108.

Tangires, Helen "Contested Space: The Life and Death of Center Market," Washington History, vol. 7, Spring/Summer 1995, 46-67.

Tangires, Helen "Meeting on Common Ground: Public Markets and Civic Culture in Nineteenth-Century America," Ph.D. dissertation, George Washington University, 1999.

Tinker, Irene (1993). "The Urban Food Project: Urban Research for Planning." Berkeley Planning Journal, No. 8, pp. 1-20.

Tinker, Irene (1994). "The Urban Street Food Trade: Regional Variations of Women's Involvement." in Women, the Family, and Policy: A Global Perspective, ed. by C. Berheide and E. Chow. Albany, NY: SUNY.

Tinker, Irene. Street Foods: Urban Food and Employment in Developing Countries. New York: Oxford University Press. 1997. Review by Kenneth A. Dahlberg, Western Michigan University.

Varcin, Recep, (full text) "Competition in the Informal Sector of the Economy: the Case of Market Traders in Turkey," in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol 21, #3/4. 2000.

Wasserman, Suzanne (1990). Hawkers and Gawkers: The Battle Over the Pushcart Markets in The Good Old Days of Poverty: The Battle Over the Fate of NY's Lower East Side During the During the Depression. Ph.D. Dissertation - New York University.

Young, Sharon Abundant Harvest- (Excerpts from book on Fresno's Vineyard Farmers Market). Sixth Street Press, Fresno, CA.
 
 

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