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The bluest hands : a social and economic history of women dyers in Abeokuta (Nigeria), 1890-1940 / Judith A. Byfield.
Lippincott Library HD6073.D92 N69 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byfield, Judith A. (Judith Ann-Marie)
- Series:
- Social historyof Africa series.
- Social history of Africa series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dyers--Nigeria--Abeokuta--History.
- Dyers.
- Women--Employment--Nigeria--Abeokuta--History.
- Women.
- Dyes and dyeing--Nigeria--Abeokuta--History.
- Dyes and dyeing.
- History.
- Women--Employment.
- Nigeria--Abeokuta.
- Physical Description:
- xxxix, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]
- Contents:
- 1 Dress and Textile Production in Nineteenth-Century Abeokuta 1
- 2 "The King of England Was Their Wall": State and Society During the Early Colonial Period 43
- 3 Artisans and Empire: The Structure and Organization of Adire Production 87
- 4 Innovation and Conflict in the Adire Industry 126
- 5 Does Father Know Best? Confronting the Alake 157
- 6 The Collapse of the Adire Industry, 1937-1939 190.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0325070083
- OCLC:
- 46992158
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