Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Title Information: |
households, gender, and politics in a West African state from the slave trade to colonial rule |
Author: |
OsbornEmily Lynn, |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Athens |
Published: |
Ohio University Press; |
Year of Publication: |
2011 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 p.)ill., maps. : |
Series: |
New African histories series |
Subject: |
Women - Social conditions - Guinea - |
Subject: |
Households - Political aspects - Guinea - |
Subject: |
Mandingo (African people) - History - Guinea - |
Subject: |
France - Colonies - Africa - |
Subject: |
Guinea - Colonization - |
Subject: |
Kankan (Guinea : Region) - Politics and government - |
Subject: |
Kankan (Guinea : Region) - History - |
Personal Subject: |
Samory - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780821443972/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
ISBN: |
9780821443972electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9780821419830pbk. |
Content Note: |
Introduction : households, gender, and politics in West African history -- Origins : the founding of Bate, 1650/1750 -- Growth : warfare and exile, commerce and expansion, 1750/1850 -- Conflict: warfare and captivity, 1850/81 -- Occupation : Samori Toure and Bate, 1881/91 -- Conquest : warfare, marriage, and French statecraft -- Colonization : households and the French occupation -- Separate spheres? : colonialism in practice -- Conclusion : making states in the Milo River Valley, 1650/1910 |