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The Women's War of 1929 : Gender and Violence in Colonial Nigeria / by Marc Matera, Misty L. Bastian, S. Kingsley Kent, Susan Kingsley Kent.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Matera, Marc, 1976-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--History.
- Africa.
- Social history.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Sex.
- Imperialism.
- Military history.
- African History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Gender Studies.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Military History.
- Local Subjects:
- African History.
- Social History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- Gender Studies.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Military History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1929, tens of thousands of south eastern Nigerian women rose up against British authority in what is known as the Women's War. This book brings togther, for the first time, the multiple perspectives of the war's colonized and colonial participants and examines its various actions within a single, gendered analytical frame.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Chronology of Major Events; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Pre- and Early Colonial Igbo Worlds; Chapter 2 The British View: The Chaotic World of Southeastern Nigeria; Chapter 3 The Twin Traumas of War and Influenza; Chapter 4 The Nwaobiala of 1925; Chapter 5 The Ogu Umunwaanyi; Chapter 6 The British Suppression of the Women's War; Chapter 7 "More Deadly than the Male": The Women's War in the British Imagination; Chapter 8 What the Women Wrought; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613360991
- 9781283360999
- 1283360993
- 9780230356061
- 0230356060
- OCLC:
- 767502972
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