Trouble showed the way : women, men, and trade in the Nairobi area, 1890-1990 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Robertson, Claire C., 1944-
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1997.
Description:	xii, 341 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Women, Kikuyu -- Commerce. Women, Kikuyu -- Economic conditions. Women, Kikuyu -- Social conditions. Women, Kamba -- Commerce. Women, Kamba -- Economic conditions. Women, Kamba -- Social conditions. Beans -- Economic aspects -- Kenya -- Nairobi. Sex role -- Kenya -- Nairobi. Beans -- Economic aspects. Commerce. Economic history. Sex role. Social conditions. Women, Kikuyu -- Social conditions. Nairobi (Kenya) -- Commerce. Nairobi (Kenya) -- Economic conditions. Nairobi (Kenya) -- Social conditions. Kenya -- Nairobi.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2880228

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ISBN:	0253333601 (cl : alk. paper) 0253211514 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-324) and index.

Table of Contents:

Note on Currency and Measures
I. Introduction
II. From Njahe to Nyayo: Beans and the Evolution of Agricultural Imperialism in Kenya
III. The Development of Trade in the Nairobi Area, 1890 to 1940
IV. "Various Nefarious Happenings": Trade, Wars and Traders' War, 1940 to 1963
V. "Here We Come Only to Struggle": Changes in Trade, 1964 to 1990
VI. "Seeking the Freedom to Raise my Children": Changes in Marriage
VII. Organizing: Women and Collective Action, 1920 to 1990
VIII. Trouble Showed the Way; Conclusion: Empowerment?

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