Download or read book LIVELIHOODS AT THE MARGINS written by James Staples and published by Left Coast Press. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex workers, street hawkers, drug sellers, cleaners - they are people living on the margins of urban life who are ubiquitous but notably absent from mainstream economic analyses. This volume cuts through the conventional narratives that romanticize, victimize, or demonize these populations.