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The comforts of home: prostitution in colonial Nairobi
Luise White
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Frontmatter
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List of Maps (page vii)
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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A Note on Currencies (page xiii)
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1 Introduction: Prostitution in Comparative Perspective; or, Casual Sex and Casual Labor (page 1)
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2 Livestock, Labor, and Reproduction: Prostitution in Nairobi and the East African Protectorate, ca. 1900-1918 (page 29)
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3 Prostitution and Housing in Nairobi, 1919-29 (page 51)
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4 Malaya Prostitution, 1930-39 (page 79)
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5 Prostitution, Production, and Accumulation: The Origins and Development of the Wazi-Wazi Form in Pumwani, 1936-45 (page 103)
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6 Constructing Classes: Gender, Housing, and the State in Kenya (page 126)
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7 Prostitution in Nairobi during World War II, 1939-45 (page 147)
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8 Prostitution, Crime, and Politics in Nairobi, 1946-63 (page 185)
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9 Women, Wage Labor, and the Limits of Colonial Control (page 221)
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Notes (page 229)
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References (page 267)
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Index (page 279)
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Published: c1990
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- 9780226895062 (hardcover)
- 9780226895000 (ebook)
- 9780226895079 (paper)