| Description |
xviii, 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Social change in global perspective |
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Social change in global perspective (Boulder, Colo.)
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| Contents |
Nineteenth-century women -- Peasant women -- Slave women -- Women and trade at the dawn of colonialism -- Powerful women; Female identity and culture -- From the country to the city -- Rural women and colonialism -- Women and urban migration -- Women in the city from colonization to independence: The urban condition -- Women and trade -- Domestic service -- Prostitution: from "free" women to women with AIDS -- Women and factory work -- Women and poverty: the future of female informal-sector employment -- Women and modern life -- Women and school -- Women and politics: resistance and action in West Africa -- Women and politics: delay in Zaire -- Women and politics: the war for national liberation -- Sexuality and emancipation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-285) and index. |
| Subject |
Women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 19th century.
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Women -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Title |
Africaines. English
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| ISBN |
0813323606 hardcover |
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0813323614 paperback |
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