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Onions are my husband : survival and accumulation by West African market women /
In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape the shifting market dynamics. Probably the largest of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the most comprehensive analysis to date of the world of open air marketplaces of West Africa, Gracia Clark studies the market women of Kumasi, Ghana, in order to understand the key social forces that generate, maintain, and continually reshape the shifting market dynamics. Probably the largest of its kind in West Africa, the Kumasi Central Market houses women whose positions vary from hawkers of meals and cheap manufactured goods to powerful wholesalers, who control the flow of important staples. Drawing on more than four years of field research, during which she worked alongsid. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 464 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-453) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226107769 0226107760 9780226107790 0226107795 1282538713 9781282538719 9786612538711 6612538716 |