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African women: a modern history
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch and Beth Gillian Raps-
Frontmatter
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List of Illustrations (page xiii)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part One: Nineteenth-Century Women
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1 Peasant Women (page 9)
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2 Slave Women (page 21)
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3 Women and Trade at the Dawn of Colonialism (page 30)
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4 Powerful Women (page 34)
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5 Female Identity and Culture (page 45)
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Part Two: From the Country to the City
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6 Rural Women and Colonialism (page 59)
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7 Women and Urban Migration (page 73)
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Part Three: Women in the City from Colonization to Independence
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8 The Urban Condition (page 89)
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9 Women and Trade (page 94)
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10 Domestic Service (page 109)
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11 Prostitution: From "Free" Women to Women with AIDS (page 117)
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12 Women and Factory Work (page 129)
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13 Women and Poverty: The Future of Female Informal-Sector Employment (page 136)
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Part Four: Women and Modern Life
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14 Women and School (page 143)
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15 Women and Politics: Resistance and Action in West Africa (page 159)
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16 Women and Politics: Delay in Zaire (page 184)
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17 Women and Politics: The Wars for National Liberation (page 188)
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18 Sexuality and Emancipation (page 200)
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Conclusion: The Future (page 231)
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Notes (page 235)
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Bibliography: African Women in Modern History (page 265)
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About the Book and Author (page 286)
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Index (page 287)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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IA | 73.4 (Oct. 1997): 789-790 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2624490 |
CJAS | 32.2 (1998): 402-404 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/486160 |
AANTH | 101.1 (Mar. 1999): 223-224 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/683399 |
AHR | 103.1 (Feb. 1998): 244 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2650900 |
IJAHS | 31.2 (1998): 462-463 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/221147 |
AAF | 97.389 (Oct. 1998): 584-585 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/723359 |
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Published: 1997
Publisher: Westview Press
- 9780813323602 (hardcover)
- 9780813323619 (paper)
- 9780429502491 (ebook)