| Description |
1 online resource (265 p. :) ill., maps |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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| Contents |
Cover; AFRICAN MARKET WOMEN; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Trading Lives; 1. ABENAA ADIIYA; Portrait: An Adventurer on the Road; Story: Patience and Pleading; 2. MAAME KESEWAA; Portrait: A Quiet Saver; Story: Someone Has Set Herself a Goal; 3. MADAME ATAA; Portrait: A Good Citizen; Story: A Man Would Marry You Properly; 4. AMMA POKUAA; Portrait: A Market Daughter; Story: All of Them Depend upon Me; 5. AUNTIE AFRIYIE; Portrait: A Shrewd Dealer; Story: If You Have Wisdom, You Can Do Many Jobs; 6. SISTER BURONYA; Portrait: An International Observer |
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Story: If I Had Money, I Would Go7. MAAME NKRUMAH; Portrait: A Grateful Sister; Story: She Has Cared for Me and My Children; Conclusion: Little by Little; Appendix; Glossary; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
In these lively life stories, women market traders from Ghana comment on changing social and economic times and on reasons for their prosperity or decline in fortunes. Gracia Clark shows that market women are intimately connected with economic policy on a global scale. Many work at the intersection of sophisticated networks of transnational commerce and migration. They have dramatic memories of independence and the growth of their new nation, including political rivalries, price controls, and violent raids on the market. The experiences of these women give substance to their reflections on globalization, capital accumulation, colonialism, technological change, environmental degradation, teenage pregnancy, marriage, children, changing gender roles, and spirituality. Clark's commentary illuminates the complex historical and cultural setting of these deeply revealing lives |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-262) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
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Market towns -- Ghana -- Kumasi
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Women merchants -- Ghana -- Kumasi
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Women, Akan -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Economic conditions
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Women, Akan -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Social conditions
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Women, Ashanti -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Economic conditions
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Women, Ashanti -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Social conditions
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Electronic books.
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e-books.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women.
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Economic history
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Market towns
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Women merchants
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Kumasi (Ghana) -- Politics and government
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Kumasi (Ghana) -- Economic conditions
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Kumasi (Ghana) -- Social conditions
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Ghana -- Kumasi
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Project Muse.
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| LC no. |
2009025620 |
| ISBN |
9780253027443 |
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0253027446 |
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