Trouble Showed the Way - Women, Men, and Trade in the Nairobi Area, 1890 - 1990

Informationen zum Autor Claire C. Robertson, Professor of History and Women's Studies at Ohio State University, is the author of Sharing the Same Bowl, winner of the 1985 Herskovits Prize, and co-author of Women and Slavery in Africa and Women and Class in Africa. Klappentext Based on archival documents, library sources (fiction and nonfiction, primary and secondary), surveys and oral histories, participant observation, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, Robertson breaks new ground by focusing on traders in one commodity, dried staples, and comparing and contrasting the evolution of women's trade with men's trade. Zusammenfassung Relates women's involvement in the staples trade to enhanced self-confidence, the rise of women's organizations, and changes in government policies. This study aims to show that their involvement with trade, not only changes their conceptions of themselves, but also their abilities and their physical beings.

Product details

• Authors: Claire C. Robertson, Claire Cone Robertson
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.11.1997
• EAN: 9780253211514
• ISBN: 978-0-253-21151-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories