African Market Women : Seven Life Stories from Ghana /

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In these lively life stories, women market traders from Ghana comment on changing social and economic times and on reasons for their prosperity or decline in fortunes. Gracia Clark shows that market women are intimately connected with economic policy on a global scale. Many work at the intersection...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Clark, Gracia
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women merchants.
Social conditions.
Politics and government.
Market towns.
Economic history.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
Femmes achanti > Ghāna > Kumasi > Conditions sociales.
Femmes achanti > Ghāna > Kumasi > Conditions economiques.
Commerçantes > Ghāna > Kumasi.
Bourgs (Marches) > Ghāna > Kumasi.
Women, Ashanti > Ghana > Kumasi > Social conditions.
Women, Ashanti > Ghana > Kumasi > Economic conditions.
Women, Akan > Ghana > Kumasi > Social conditions.
Women, Akan > Ghana > Kumasi > Economic conditions.
Women merchants > Ghana > Kumasi.
Market towns > Ghana > Kumasi.
Ghana > Kumasi.
Kumasi (Ghana) > Social conditions.
Kumasi (Ghana) > Economic conditions.
Kumasi (Ghana) > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; AFRICAN MARKET WOMEN; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Trading Lives; 1. ABENAA ADIIYA; Portrait: An Adventurer on the Road; Story: Patience and Pleading; 2. MAAME KESEWAA; Portrait: A Quiet Saver; Story: Someone Has Set Herself a Goal; 3. MADAME ATAA; Portrait: A Good Citizen; Story: A Man Would Marry You Properly; 4. AMMA POKUAA; Portrait: A Market Daughter; Story: All of Them Depend upon Me; 5. AUNTIE AFRIYIE; Portrait: A Shrewd Dealer; Story: If You Have Wisdom, You Can Do Many Jobs; 6. SISTER BURONYA; Portrait: An International Observer.
  • Story: If I Had Money, I Would Go7. MAAME NKRUMAH; Portrait: A Grateful Sister; Story: She Has Cared for Me and My Children; Conclusion: Little by Little; Appendix; Glossary; Notes; References; Index.

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