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Trouble showed the way : women, men, and trade in the Nairobi area, 1890-1990 / Claire C. Robertson.
Van Pelt Library DT433.545.K55 R63 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robertson, Claire C., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women, Kikuyu--Commerce.
- Women, Kikuyu.
- Women, Kikuyu--Economic conditions.
- Women, Kikuyu--Social conditions.
- Women, Kamba--Commerce.
- Women, Kamba.
- Women, Kamba--Economic conditions.
- Women, Kamba--Social conditions.
- Beans--Economic aspects--Kenya--Nairobi.
- Beans.
- Sex role--Kenya--Nairobi.
- Sex role.
- Beans--Economic aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Commerce.
- Nairobi (Kenya)--Commerce.
- Nairobi (Kenya).
- Nairobi (Kenya)--Economic conditions.
- Nairobi (Kenya)--Social conditions.
- Kenya--Nairobi.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 341 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Historian Claire Robertson employs a variety of approaches to an extensive case study of historical transformations in gender, agriculture, residence, and civil society. Comparing women commodities traders with men's trade, Robertson relates women's involvement in trade to enhanced self-confidence, the rise of women's organizations, and changes in government policies. 30 photos. 7 figures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-324) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253333601
- 0253211514
- OCLC:
- 37652985
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