Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960This study analyzes the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society, with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro. |
Contents
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| 17 | |
Chapter Two Women in the Economy before 1900 | 47 |
Colonialism Women Agriculture and Food Processing | 81 |
Chapter Four Double Endowments or DoubleEdged Sword? Women Crafts and Local Industries | 117 |
Chapter Five Trade and New Economic Order | 149 |
The Women Traders | 177 |
Women in Resistance Movements | 203 |
Igbo Womens Economic Role in Historical and Comparative Perspective | 237 |
Notes | 247 |
Bibliography | 281 |
Index | 307 |
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Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960 Gloria Chuku Limited preview - 2005 |
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