Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
New African histories series |
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New African histories series.
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Contents |
Introduction : households, gender, and politics in West African history -- Origins : the founding of Baté, 1650-1750 -- Growth : warfare and exile, commerce and expansion, 1750-1850 -- Conflict : warfare and captivity, 1850-81 -- Occupation : Samori Touré and Baté, 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 |
Summary |
In Our New Husbands Are Here, Emily Lynn Osborn investigates a central puzzle of power and politics in West African history: Why do women figure frequently in the political narratives of the precolonial period, and then vanish altogether with colonization? Osborn addresses this question by exploring the relationship of the household to the state. By analyzing the history of statecraft in the interior savannas of West Africa (in present-day Guinea-Conakry), Osborn shows that the household, and women within it, played a critical role in the pacifist Islamic state of Kankan-Baté, enabling it to |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
Subject |
Samory, approximately 1830-1900.
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SUBJECT |
Samory, approximately 1830-1900 fast |
Subject |
Mandingo (African people) -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) -- History
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Households -- Political aspects -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region)
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Women -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) -- Social conditions -- History
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Women -- Guinea -- Kankan (Region) -- Social conditions
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HISTORY -- Africa -- West.
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French colonies
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Colonization -- Social aspects
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Colonies -- Administration
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Mandingo (African people)
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Politics and government
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Women -- Social conditions
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Einflussnahme
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Entfremdung
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Frau
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Kolonisation
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Mandingvölker
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Politik
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Kankan (Guinea : Region) -- History
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Kankan (Guinea : Region) -- Politics and government
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Guinea -- Colonization -- Social aspects
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France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration
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Africa
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Guinea
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Guinea -- Kankan (Region)
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Kankan
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Mandingvölker.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
0821443976 |
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9780821443972 |
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