Yoruba women, work, and social change / Marjorie Keniston McIntosh.

Author/creator McIntosh, Marjorie Keniston
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxiv, 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Opening -- Sources and questions -- Yorubaland, 1820-1893 -- Colonial Yorubaland, 1893-1960 -- Family and marriage -- Labor, property, and agriculture -- Income-generating activities in the nineteenth century -- New approaches to familiar roles during the colonial period -- Western skills and service careers -- Religion, cultural forms, and associations -- Regents and chiefs, economic organizations, and politics -- Patriarchy, colonialism, and women's agency.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-320) and index.
LCCN 2008037047
ISBN9780253352798 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253352797 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253220547 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0253220548 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DT 515.45.Y67 M35 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold