Trouble showed the way : women, men, and trade in the Nairobi area, 1890-1990 /
Award-winner Claire Robertson employs a variety of approaches to analyze and weave together this wide-ranging study. Her book provides an extensive case study of historical transformations in gender, agriculture, residence, and civil society. Based on archival documents, library sources (fiction and...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington, Ind. :
Indiana University Press,
©1997.
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Colección: | History e-book project.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- From Njahe to Nyayo: beans and the evolution of agricultural imperialism in Kenya
- The development of trade in the Nairobi area, 1890 to 1940
- "Various nefarious happenings": trade, wars and traders' war, 1940 to 1963
- "Here we come only to struggle": changes in trade, 1964 to 1990
- "Seeking the freedom to raise my children": changes in marriage
- Organizing: women and collective action, 1920 to 1990
- Trouble showed the way; conclusion: empowerment?