Our new husbands are here : households, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule /

Our new husbands are here : households, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Osborn, Emily Lynn.
Imprint:	Athens : Ohio University Press, 2011.
Description:	273 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	New African histories series New African histories series.
Subject:	Samory, -- approximately 1830-1900. Samory, -- approximately 1830-1900. Mandingo (African people) -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) -- History. Households -- Political aspects -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) Women -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) -- Social conditions. Colonization -- Social aspects. French colonies. Management. Mandingo (African people) Politics and government. Women -- Social conditions. Kankan (Guinea : Region) -- History. Kankan (Guinea : Region) -- Politics and government. Guinea -- Colonization -- Social aspects. France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration. Africa. Guinea. Guinea -- Kankan Region. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8517024

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ISBN:	9780821419830 (pb : alk. paper) 0821419838 (pb : alk. paper) 9780821443972 (electronic) 0821443976 (electronic)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction Households, Gender, and Politics in West African History
Part I.
Chapter 1. Origins
The Founding of Baté, 1650-1750
Chapter 2. Growth
Warfare and Exile, Commerce and Expansion, 1750-1850
Chapter 3. Conflict
Warfare and Captivity, 1850-81
Chapter 4. Occupation
Samori Touré and Baté, 1881-91
Part II.
Chapter 5. Conquest
Warfare, Marriage, and French Statecraft
Chapter 6. Colonization
Households and the French Occupation
Chapter 7. Separate Spheres?
Colonialism in Practice
Conclusion: Making States in the Milo River Valley, 1650-1910
Appendix 1. Maramagbe and Abdurahamane Kaba Family Tree
Appendix 2. Baté's Settlements, Family Names, and Neighbors
Notes
Bibliography
Index